Following a chance encounter in London 28-year-old Nina disappointed and adrift in life holidays with her aunt in Florence. Here the unexpected meeting in London ties her to a long-hidden secret. In Italy she meets and falls in love with the older enigmatic Arthur. The history of his family business and its involvement in the wartime Italian underground weaves a thread into her modern world bringing with it a new life across two countries. Now she finds herself having to explain the past to help the one person who needs to understand.