In glittering Paris is a modern day Cinderella, Djuna Cortex, who inherits an apartment in Paris, a winery in the Loire, and the art collection of painter Joaquim Carlos Cortez. Djuna is the artist's long-lost granddaughter. Caught up in Parisian high society, Djuna falls in love with a vintner who seems to be the man of her dreams. Secretly he plots to control Djuna and her fortune. Seeking solace in her grandfather's journals where Joaquim Carlos lives a luxurious life. But even he cannot ignore the advancing Nazis and at last acts to save himself, his art, and his son. Drawing courage from her grandfather's trials, Djuna summons the strength to reclaim her freedom, her sanity, and her grandfather's legacy.