Etta Hughes has been jilted by her fiancé, Rod. Bewildered and stricken, she decides to take a job as cook to the Trenders. In their beautiful house on the river perhaps her heart will mend. Mark Trender was handsome. intelligent, a gentleman. What's more, his kindness and consideration as an employer took Etta quite by surprise. Mark is in love with his exquisite child-like wife, Flair, but in spite of herself, Etta becomes attracted to Mark. It seems that once again Etta is doomed to the anguish of hopeless love. Of course, the atmosphere of the romantic Riviera made loving Mark easy, too easy for Etta to let it happen. And Mark began to treat her like a friend, a confidant, a lover. But, And then to complicate matters further, Rod arrives unexpectedly to dinner - with his new wife... She knew she could break the rules... but she might have to pay... with a broken heart.