Verity is about to marry... the marquee is on the lawn and everything is arranged down to the last napkin... but suddenly she runs away... leaving her mother almost as distraught as her fiancé. She leaves her comfortable life in Newmarket to find excitement in Macerata, a small city in central Italy. Soon, there are three men in with love her and the earth moves on its axis... all is confusion until she finds herself in Venice ... and it's Christmas.