Robert Valmer moves to Beverly Hills in 2015, where he falls for Alexis Roth, PhD, psychologist to the stars. Alexis wants to know everything. Start from the beginning, she says. Can he really tell her about how he fled France during the French Revolution or about Italy during World War II? As the pressure for honesty mounts, he flees. But Alexis is not easily dismissed. She follows him to Europe, determined to track him down. But each clue she uncovers leads her deeper into intrigue.