Alva and Ellen are sisters, the former is involuntarily childless and the latter has lost herself in the role of mother of three children. Despite the jealousy between them, they try to support each other through life's trials.

Economics reporter Bea struggles to separate her professional and private lives when she falls in love with a charming bank director.

In Moscow 1999, Swedish investment banker Tom Blixen finds himself caught in a vicious cycle of revenge, deception and even death.