Rona Donovan

Rona has always had an eye for trouble. She will go to extreme lengths to get her own way, and often uses her feminine whims to gain money and power. She has little empathy and is one of the biggest bitches in Newcrest. Rona grew up with hard-working parents who spent all their time and attention on her younger brother, Brian, leaving a troublesome Rona feeling neglected and unloved. This caused an everlasting jealousy and hatred for those above her and a determination to be queen of the castle.

Season 1
Rona returns to Newcrest supposedly to reunite with her younger brother, Brian. She admires his new restaurant, the Verdant, and later calls a mysterious associate about stealing it from him. She attends Eric Malloy's mayoral shindig with Brian, and the restaurant is later robbed by masked criminals. With the Donovans in financial ruin, Rona tries to convince Brian to sell the freehold to gain security with money. He refuses, so Rona forges his signature and sells it over to the Redwoods in return for her own nightclub, the Blue Velvet. Rona meets with Christina Redwood, who threatens her never to cross her family. Brian is presented with impossible debts and discovers Rona sold alcohol beyond licensing hours to worsen his financial problem. Brian kicks a smug Rona out. Roxy Redwood, Stacey Sullivan and her nephew, Kevin later crash her nightclub on her Opening Night, angering her. Brian is shot to his supposed death by an unknown culprit.

Season 2
Rona continues to work with the Redwoods and begins an affair with Hector. Christina senses this and calls the police on Rona, claiming she shot her brother. Rona is released due to lack of evidence and Hector forces her to leave Newcrest, threatening her life if she returns and denouncing her of the Blue Velvet. Rona says goodbye to her comatose brother and tells Kevin she was always jealous of Brian due to the shedload of attention he received from their parents as a child, whereas Rona was neglected and deemed impossibly troublesome. Much later, Rona returns and vows revenge on the Redwoods, forming an alliance with Frank Sullivan. They agree to take over the EastSide by evicting the Belic family and smiting the Redwoods in doing so. Upon learning the Belics owe a loan, using their family bar The Red Rosa as collateral, to Martinez, Rona sets out to sleep with him. After doing so, she blackmails him and threatens to inform his wife should he not sell the loan to her. Martinez is forced to do so and the Belics don't pay the loan, so therefore Rona and Frank are given ownership of the bar. Rona visits Brian, who has waken up from his coma, in hospital, but he rejects her. Rona and Frank infiltrate the Red Rosa and kick the Belics out. Ida tells Rona that Frank is using her for sex and power, but she dismisses it was jealousy. Later, Frank tells Rona she was a pawn in his plan and has no actual feelings for her. He kicks her out onto the street amidst a thunderstorm in her undies. Rona goes to Brian for help, who reluctantly lets her stay in his house since she is homeless. A furious Rona contemplates killing Frank, before a mysterious culprit does so.