Faith Worthing has only been working for Moonlight Cosmetics for a short time, so she is delighted to be sent to Malta to finalise a contract when a colleague is unwell, although her fiance Charles does not believe that she can cope alone. When she arrives, to find that the car that should have met her has not turned up, she is beginning to wonder if he is right! However, she is rescued by the handsome Hannibal Price, who works for a local hospitality company and who warns her to be wary of Jean-Baptiste Laval, the man that she has come to see. However, when she meets Laval, he returns the compliment - hinting that Hannibal is untrustworthy himself. But as event succeeds event - Faith believes her luggage has been searched and that she is being followed through Valetta - she is faced with a dilemma. Which man - if either - can she trust? What is the secret that both are desperate to hide? She finds herself in serious danger as she seeks the truth.