1933. Tesa and Frederica Nicolson enjoy one last idyllic summer at the beautiful Villa Millefiore overlooking Florence. Four years later Italy is a distant memory and Tessa is revelling in the glamour of modelling in London. Unconventional she believes love is just a game until a passionate affair with a married man. In the wake of disaster Tessa returns to Florence hoping to heal her troubled heart. Missing her sister desperately Freddie travels to Italy where she is swept up in danger and romance and makes a chance encounter that will change her life. With the outbreak of World War Two Tessa and Freddie must fight for their own survival and happiness while they wonder whether they will ever see each other again…