Thomas Donnhofer has worked for many years as a director of the best hotels to earn enough money for his dream: his own horse farm in Austria. As his divorced wife sends her fourteen-year-old daughter Stefanie to him during the holidays, it comes first to conflicts with the father. Stefanie hates the country life. But when Thomas the vet Dr. Meeting Lisa Kern and now thinking about creating a hoard for tortured, unloved animals, Thomas's unruly daughter is finally reconciled. And between Thomas and Lisa develops a delicate romance.
Henriette, the buoyant wife of a politician leaves her ambitious husband in the middle of an election campaign and begins a new life. The fact that, as the still legally married wife of a public figure, she takes a job as a model for lingerie just can't go well.
Kurt Schneider is a superficial and funloving character. Instigated by his mother he swindles his way into the legacy of a house and some money. Both Kurti and his mother are certain there are no legal heirs to the property. Great is their surprise when Ilona appears, who is the legal heiress coming from a remote part of Yugoslavia.
Several attempts to get rid of that "Tschusch" prove unsuccessful. Once Mama Schneider gets to know that Ilona is also the beneficiary of a sizable life assurance contract, she destines her son to marry Ilona. While trying to double-cross Ilona, Kurti actually falls in love with her. Now it is Ilona's turn to take vengeance on mother Schneider and to prompt Kurti to take a clear-cut decision...
