Heidi Fraumeister inherited her father's business empire and became a millionairess overnight. While on a sailing holiday around the Canary Isles she is spotted by Jack Towney who assumes the alias of James De Villiers in order to impress her. They become entangled in a passionate relationship and are quickly married. Heidi insists on a pre-nuptial agreement to safeguard her fortune, which Jack gladly signs, but in the months that follow the gloss of the relationship suddenly tarnishes and Jack needs to find a way out without losing the lavish life-style being married to Heidi affords....