Secreto de Amor

This contemporary telenovela, filmed at the most lavish locations in the city of Miami, is a love story that takes place in a world of immigrants… bringing to light their struggles, dreams, successes and failures. 

María Clara is a sweet, good-hearted and hard working young woman who lives in Caracas with her mother and younger sister, Andrea. María Clara is in a relationship with Carlos Raúl, a sensitive young mechanic who dreams of becoming a concert pianist. Despite their poor financial situation, the couple is preparing for their wedding… but fate has other plans for them.          

Carlos Raúl loses his job and eager to have a better life to share with his beloved María Clara, he decides to move to Miami in search of work as so many immigrants have done. As difficult as it may be, María Clara understands his position and promises to wait for him.

In Miami, Carlos Raúl meets Barbara, the rich heir to the Serrano Zulbarán family. Instantly attracted to the handsome young man, she gives him a job at her family's luxury hotel and decides to pursue Carlos Raúl. Carlos Raúl is captured by Barbara’s beauty… but most of all by her millions. Their relationship benefits him and within a year he is promoted to manager of the hotel.

Meanwhile in Venezuela, María Clara’s mother passes away, leaving her devastated. Anxious to see her fiancé and pressured by her ambitious sister, a cold and conniving young woman who will go to any lengths to escape poverty, María Clara travels to Miami. There, she falls victim to Carlos Raúl's deceit, as he hides that fact that he has married Barbara for his own personal gain. However, María Clara discovers the truth when she meets the noble and charming Lisandro Serrano, Barbara’s brother, who falls madly in love with her.

Hopelessly heartbroken, María Clara marries Lisandro even though she it not in love with him. What she felt for Carlos Raúl still remains true, both now both María Clara and Carlos Raúl are trapped in marriages that neither one of them is happy in. Will they ever be able to leave the past behind and relive the love they once shared?