In a world divided into two hemispheres, with conflict diminished into an informal detente, someone forgot to tell Lt. Lyric McKinney you aren't supposed to fall in love with the enemy—especially when your step-father is the leader of the Allied Forces. But how can she resist the charming, sexy Colonel Yuri Takeda? After months of secret meetings and airport rendezvous with Yuri, Lyric's plane crashes behind enemy lines. Yuri is there to bring her to safety, but they soon discover their reunion has created a small problem in foreign relations. The two make the decision to run away together, opening a political can of worms that threatens to blow both sides into open conflict.