Wealthy Cuban merchant Luis Vargas (Banderas) only knows his bride-to-be through letters of love. And when he finally meets Julia (Jolie) on their wedding day, he is left breathless by her beauty and smoldering sexuality. But behind that beauty, a devious mind is at work. For even as they satisfy their hunger for one another, her thoughts drift toward quenching a desire that is solely hers. And when Luis is deprived of his business, his bank account and his new wife, he begins a relentless pursuit of the woman cunning enough to steal his money… and charismatic enough to steal his heart!