Miranda Marlowe is not only smart and beautiful, she is a top-class pilot. She is also in love with her boss, Cleve Finch, who was widowed a year ago and cannot cope with his grief. With mixed feelings of love, compassion and passion, Miranda gives him comfort in a way a loving woman can understand - she spends the night with him. And the next morning he disappears, saving his beloved from explanations. She soon finds out that she is pregnant. Not wanting to create new problems for her beloved man, Miranda quits the company and flies to a small Italian island. She needs time to make a decision. Not understanding what is happening, Cleve flies after her...