Eve Travis leaps recklessly into marriage with Jeff Kilburn, to save him from his own despair. Then she discovers that the woman who broke his heart is suddenly free again--free to marry him.

Determined not to stand in Jeff's way, Eve steps out of his life, and throws herself into her work as secretary to her uncle, a famous senator. There, in Washington's glittering world of politics and diplomacy, Eve uncovers an international conspiracy and finds herself plunged into excitement, suspense and unexpected romance.