Caroline Beaumont splits from her fiance and is made redundant in one fell swoop. Her brother Oscar offers her an escape to the beautiful area of Sorrento in Italy. But she is thrown into confusion when Antonio, a local hotelier's son, falls for her. And then Antonio's wayward sister disappears... Is his family a victim of an old enemy with connections to the Mafia? Caroline will come to understand that in Italy, LA FAMIGLIA - the family, with all its joys and problems - means absolutely everything.