Michelle Dubanc, tennis pro, is told that she must go undercover for the CIA against her former captor Carlos Estefan, a notorious cartel and drug lord. She grapples with the choice to submit or suffer under Dr. Solomon Warshawsky, her neighbor, after the mysterious deaths of family and friends.
Holding over her the desire to find the truth about their deaths she complies. While trying to free herself she gets tangled up in money laundering, drug deals, mid-air disaster, and a potpourri of characters.
With her wit, attributes, and baggage she winds her way through South America, Mexico, and Europe. Will she get enough help from associates, protection because of her lover, divine intervention, or pure luck to be free to continue to compete on the tennis tour again or retire without disgrace?