Josie Sutherland is a computer journalist, and her quiet stopover in Hong Kong is thrown into chaos when she witnesses a failed robbery. She suspects the victim, Carey Court, is involved in software smuggling when they are both kidnapped. The instant attraction between them complicates everything. When they escape Josie decides to masquerade as a drug courtier with Carey to get her story about the software smuggling. They move through an underworld of danger, intrigue and death. The fact they are only masquerading is kept secret, so nearly everyone is out to get them. Their romance deepens to become their only reality in a make believe and dangerous world.