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.

A waitress overhears a conversation about the delivery of weapons and now her life is in danger. Liz Towne and her team try to track her down before anyone else does.

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.