Laura would never have gone to Venice if she had known she would meet Sebastian Ferrese there: for the past three years, she has fought her attraction to the enigmatic film director and has no wish to lay herself open to temptation again.
But her nomination for an award at the Film Festival proves too much of an enticement - and when Laura sees Sebastian, she finds herself swept up in his overwhelming magnetism once more. It is a dangerous infatuation, for death seems to follow Sebastian around - and Laura begins to suspect that he is no innocent bystander . . .