Anne has just been acquitted of murder due to lack of evidence and hopes to build up a new life in Florence, Italy. Through family connections, she obtains a job in the prestigious Garibaldi Hotel, but the attractive hotel manager Peter is not pleased to have a secretary foisted onto him who has no working experience in a hotel and doesn't even speak Italian.

Anne in turn believes that Peter knows about her past and behaves stiff and self-conscious whenever they are together. When the owner of the hotel, Anne's uncle, insists that Peter teaches her Italian, Peter suspects that she has been sent to snatch away his job, but at the same time, he can't fight the growing attraction. With time, they come closer, but one day, an employee of the hotel is stabbed and once again Anne is a prime suspect.

It takes all her wit and courage to find the real murderer. Will she manage to put the past behind her and start a new life?