It follows Lucy Warren, who inherits St. Vladimir's Cross on her father's death, and her romance with the Soviet dissident Dimitri Volkov.
Lucy Warren is living in Jersey when she inherits St. Vladimir's Cross upon the death of her father, a Ukrainian émigré.
Lucy is instructed to travel to Geneva, where she will find a Soviet dissident named Dimitri Volkov, an alcoholic whose wife is a psychotherapist and KGB agent.
Lucy and Dimitri fall in love and decide to work together to free Ukraine from Soviet rule.
[3][4] Dean James for the Library Journal recommended the novel, commending Anthony's skill for storytelling, although he commented that she takes a black and white approach to morality.