Clio, twice-married and unlucky in love, has become a realist. This means she should marry her lover, Philippe, a cultured Frenchman with a large and conventional family. That is, until Joe, a hunky Canadian, begins to untidy her sensible thoughts....
Art historian Claire suddenly decides to leave England to take a job on an obscure tropical island in the South-China sea, where she finds her new exotic surroundings both fascinating and challenging. However, she accidentally finds herself in danger...