Liz (Joanna Cassidy) masquerades as a romance novelist to rescue a U.S. weapon specialist held hostage by the KGB. The wife of a famous scientist has doubts about the identity of her husband. She thinks something happened during his trip to a hospital.

Elizabeth Towne gets romantically involved with a jewel thief in order to get her hands on a stolen diamond. The diamond contains secret info from Russia, which is why a Russian agent is tailing her.