The heroine, Jane Davis, tells us how a simple favour for a friend drew her into the scandal that changed the world...her story takes us from an exciting new job in wartime Ottawa and a brand new group of friends - including a storybook romance - to a shocking Soviet defection and the onset of the Cold War. She has to juggle the shifting loyalties of friends, colleagues, and even family members and learn how to avoid the pitfalls and dangers of the world of spies and their secrets.