Heir Born
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In the affluent enclave of Chaucer, off the coast of Cape Town, old money mingles with new, where two powerful families reign supreme.
The Lennoxes, whose wealth stems from a global media conglomerate. And the Vanderbilts, esteemed in politics and business with a lineage dating back centuries, and now also a formidable adversary in media.
Their rivalry is the talk of the town, their children Summer Lennox and Nathaniel Vanderbilt, have been groomed from birth to uphold their family legacies... including the lifelong feud.
Plans are shattered and everything changes when Summer and Nate unexpectedly fall in love.
Choosing to go against their families, both Nate and Summer gradually come to discover that their lives are on the line when the one they've chosen is their family's worst enemy and biggest rival.
The feud is only but the tip of the iceberg, when far more damaging secrets of betrayal and deception are revealed, threatening to destroy life as they both know it.
Can their love survive the rivalry? Or will the family secrets and ties be those that bind?
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