Love Is a Many Splendored Thing is an American daytime soap opera which aired on CBS from September 18, 1967 to March 23, 1973. The series was created by Irna Phillips, who served as the first head writer. She was replaced by Jane Avery and Ira Avery in 1968, who were followed by Don Ettlinger, James Lipton, and finally Ann Marcus. John Conboy was the producer for most of the show's run.
The story tells the story of Diana (Maria Sortè), a highly successful fashion designer married to an unreliable and lying man, Giacomo, and of Gianluca (Enrique Novi), a widower with a 10-year-old girl, Arianna. Diana, after discovering that Giacomo has another wife and two children, Davide and Chicco, abandons him, and leaves for a cruise with her friend Gloria. On the ship he meets Gianluca in the company of Viviana, who is actually staying with him for money. The meeting between Gianluca and Diana is one of those that are not forgotten and, what seemed only physical attraction, turns into true love. Diana is introduced by Gianluca to her daughter and immediately wins her sympathy.
Baipai is an engineer girl but she likes to dress as a guy so many people often misunderstand that she is a guy. She's good at martial art because she has been trained by her uncle, the former Muay Thai champion. However, she's also good at cooking food and making desserts because she has been trained to do it since she was a kid by her grandmother and aunt.
She quits her engineering job because she has problems with her boss. So, she gets the idea to open her own Thai dessert shop.
One day, destiny makes Baipai accidentally meet Wacharawat, a handsome mafia boss and the owner of an entertainment complex business.
However, it's not a good first impression for Baipai because he steals her first kiss and it makes her angry and hate him. Anyway, she also makes Wacharawat pissed off because she punched him in front of his followers, so he wants to get back at her so keeps teasing her. However, Wacharawat is enchanted by Baipai's cooking skills and it makes him want to stay closer to her, so he tries to win her heart
Behind their sweet relationship is a love that is filled with bitterness and lies. Nulek felt her heart has been slashed when she suspects her boyfriend Mek, whom she thought was her world, is keeping something from her. Mek under the alias Warit is a “rachasee” member which literally translate to lion. He pretends to get close to Nulek only to get more information of her father Panu and his corrupted activities. And even though he got caught, breaking up with Nulek wasn’t the answer. Mek must do everything to save the life of the woman he loves from the hands of the people in the shadows even though Nulek refuses to see his face anymore.
During King Ekkathat’s reign, the mischievous Mang Mao repeatedly escapes arranged dates, only to clash with Sri Khan Thin—unaware he is actually Khan Thong, a young man in disguise investigating his parents’ mysterious deaths—leading to chaos, hidden identities, and unexpected encounters.