WATCH: ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ New Midseason Clip

“Monet is a woman who has survived a lot — her husband is inside and she has inherited his business and he’s still in control, she’s trying to navigate that,” Kemp says.  “She’s also trying to navigate having sons who are men and a daughter who is becoming a woman and trying to teach this girl how to become a woman in the world as you see it. She is based on a whole bunch of women who I’ve read about or we know about, women who are in the life and become hardened by it, toughened by it.” 

As for what’s to come in the last half of the season, Kemp says that the storyline is about to get “intense.” 

“All of the relationships get much more complicated,” she continues. “Tariq has to make some decisions, some familiar faces from Power show back up.

Power Book II: Ghost returns Sunday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Starz.

Watch the exclusive clip here.