Bella moves to Italy to set up a quintessentially British hotel in the town of Portofino.

Danioni worms his way into the Ainsworth’s affairs.

The younger inhabitants of the hotel find ways to let their hair down.

Will Bella finally decide to stand up for herself?

Cecil finally confronts Bella over her compromising letter.

How will it all work out for Bella and her family?

Bella’s plans to build a spa are running over budget and the Hotel is facing an anonymous inspection, while she deals with an unexpected return from someone closer to home.

As Cecil tries to buy his way back into Bella’s affections, and Lucian and Constance acknowledge their mutual attraction, Nish aims to strike a blow against Mussolini’s Fascists.

Cecil becomes embroiled with gangsters who have taken over the local casino. With Nish on the run and now being hunted by Danioni, Bella and Lucian must help him avoid arrest.

Rose and Alice spring surprises on their returns to Portofino, and Cecil schemes to take control of the Hotel, while Bella thinks she has discovered the inspector’s identity.

Bella schemes to thwart Cecil’s plans to take control of the Hotel, to help get Nish safe and to save Lucian and Rose’s marriage, while arranging an assignation with an old flame.

During the big casino night, as an act of masculine bravado threatens its future, Bella acts decisively to salvage her investment in the Hotel Portofino, but at what cost?

Bella is taken aback when Cecil shows up and recommends a divorce; Alice meets Carlo, who has moved on to a new woman; Constance encounters a charming local.

Bella announces the news of her divorce to her family when Marco proposes; Constance talks to Vito about Tommy; Alice is heartbroken at Carlo's rejection; Billy and Lucian make a return to Portofino.

Lucian is cold with Constance; George threatens to withdraw money from the hotel, so Bella begins a new business; Cecil and Bella start to build bridges, but they get some shocking news.

Bella attempts to get her new business off the ground; an old enemy visits Cecil; Alice gets over her fear of horses; Lucian tries to find Nish.

At Claudine's perfume launch party, as Bella struggles to salvage her business, deadly schemes reach their climax.