When journalist Clara Cobián is commissioned to travel to New York to write the memoirs of grand society dame Greta Bouvier, she is unaware that in realising her dream of becoming a writer, she will have to confront her fascination for professor Gabriel Hinestrosa, as well as the underlying motives for the sudden reappearance of this erstwhile lover in her life. Greta Bouvier’s story, from her mysterious appearance in Acapulco in 1951 to her luxurious existence in modern Manhattan is interwoven with the memories, intrigues, resentments and accolades of those who accompanied her on her ascent to glory. However, Clara Cobián will be the only person capable of resolving the enigma of Greta and her terrible secret.