Beautiful Russian model Katya Zhukov meets Jon, an MI6 operative posing as a Merchant Navy captain. Abducted by the FSB (previously known as the KGB) during a New York photo shoot, Katya is coerced into joining them under threats to her parents. Jon rescues her and her family, and they fall in love. After a fulfilling sexual encounter, they black out and time-travel 200 years back. There, Jon is a Royal Navy Captain and Katya, a Russian princess. They fall in love again, marry, and return to the present after another blackout. The novel explores time travel with scientific theories from Einstein, Hawking and beyond.