The outbreak of World War II forces the husband of the charming American Liane de Villiers to abandon his brilliant career as a diplomat and secretly join the ranks of the French Resistance. In the USA, he is considered a traitor, and Liana, who remains in her homeland, has to face the condemnation of relatives and friends. But it is not only fear for her husband’s life that torments the young woman. Suddenly Liana realizes that recently her thoughts and feelings belong to another person...