When a rich client of the law firm, where she works, offers her marriage, Nicole has flashbacks of a former life. At a country dance she meets Richard. They fall in love and get married, but the other man does not give up his pursuit. Nicole finds it difficult to escape his advances. She becomes irritable and nervous and starts having nightmares. Richard finally convinces her to see a psychiatrist. The doctor tries hypnosis to get to the root of the problem. Under hypnosis she is transferred back to a life in sixteenth century France. The couple travels to France to discover the truth of the story.