Plot Summary:Vanessa Stewart has the soul of an artist, but her business tycoon father insists that she follow in his footsteps. As a result, Vanessa convinces herself that she wants to be a globetrotting executive, and also that she truly loves the man to whom she is engaged. But while in Venice on a business trip at the behest of her father, Vanessa meets and falls in love with adventurous Irish TV war correspondent Bill Fitzgerald (Behan). Deciding to kick over the traces, Vanessa is prepared to turn her back on her family obligations and plight her troth with Bill but before she could even begin her life with him, she receives some bad news.
Janine Turner stars as a wealthy American artist named Vanessa Stewart, whose chance meeting and subsequent relationship with Bill Fitzgerald, a lonely Irish journalist, during a trip to Venice changes her life in more ways than she could ever have imagined -- despite the fact that she's already engaged. Adapted from the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford.