Heartbroken American art student, Charlotte Ross, is so intent on locating her errant fianc that she submits someone else's painting as her own in order to gain access to a Master art class being held in Bariloche, Argentina-the place her lost love was last seen. When the painting gets her accepted into the class given by a world-famous artist and womanizer, being a novice makes keeping up with the others nearly impossible as she struggles to fake her way though, while trying to win back the man she loves. But her fianc has his own reasons for being in Bariloche - he's after a stolen art masterpiece. They complicate Charlotte's life and threaten her very existence as she stumbles onto deceit, art forgery, and murder. When she accidentally comes across the murder victim, circumstantial evidence begins to mount against her and the local police suspect she is the killer. Now she must discover who is really behind the murder before she's arrested. Not an easy task with a smitten military police officer dogging her every step.