Rachel Howell moves to the beautiful Sicilian Island of Vulcano to bring up her niece Luisa as her own daughter after the tragic death of her sister Fiona and husband Lucio during a freak storm. She rents a small villa so that she can concentrate on her writing. But the villa's owner by coincidence, is Luisa's estranged uncle. Now he has found her, he does not intend losing his niece, and if marrying Rachel is the only way to bring about his goal, then so be it.