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.