What does it take to climb to the dizzy heights of power in The Paradise, Britain's first department store? Smart and beautiful shop girl Denise Lovett follows her heart and her ambition from the ladies wear department to the luxurious office of John Moray, the store's dashing and ruthless owner. Irresistibly drawn to each other, they risk losing everything if Katherine Glendenning has her way. The pampered daughter of Moray's financier wants Moray for herself or - if she can't have him - rich revenge.