Rosie Grant sacrifices her life to save the world, only to awaken as a fetus inside a novel. She discovers her mother is a naive romantic, her father a failed exploiter, and the entire family doomed. Panicking, Rosie projects her thoughts to her mother, who uses this new intelligence to trap the father and crush his mistress. By the time of her birth, Rosie and her mother establish themselves as royalty within the Grant family.