Living in an Italian villa, being waited on hand and foot, isn't all it's cracked up to be if you don't have love and affection. After many angst-filled days Grace is finally confronted with the dreaded news that she is to return to England, leave Italy and leave Donato, the man she loves above all others. Deciding to take control, Grace leaves Donato's house in England before she is pushed out completely and holes up in a bedsit while she recovers from her misery and contemplates her next move. But before she can make any plans for her future she is abducted and taken to a place that puts her unhappiness into perspective. While she awaits her captors' next move her mind travels back over the last few months when her life changed, when she changed and when the secrets behind her family's strange behaviour was finally revealed. Follow Grace on her journey as she finally finds peace and happiness in the one place she'd given up as lost forever.