In 1959 California, Henry, a young scholar from an isolated upbringing falls for Lily, a thrill seeker. Lily desperately wants adventure and Henry desperately wants her, so when a well-dressed stranger makes an appealing offer, Lily is eager to accept.

Henry reluctantly follows her to spend a gap year working among Europe's high society. They quickly discover that not all is what it seems, as what was meant to be the opportunity of a lifetime is precisely that. They are going nowhere. Under the control of a criminal organisation, they follow their instructions closely, knowing every move is being watched. Unbeknown to them, their superiors are not the only ones monitoring their activities. Between a rock and a hard place, they soon find themselves in the hands of the authorities and forced into acts of espionage and treason leaving them at the mercy of the KGB.
He just wants to get them home.