The novel is an adventure through the mind of a man and woman experiencing the mysterious emotion of love. It is written in a shifting narrative of different voices, places, times, and feelings, telling a story in ways never before imagined. The book centers around a struggling New York City actor, full of ambition, however, quickly losing faith in life. But he has a change of luck when he waits on the woman of his dreams in the restaurant he works at. They share a love affair that makes him realize there is more to life than chasing fame. But when she abruptly returns home to Australia to follow her own fame, he is left in sadness, having experienced the perfect love and unable to find happiness in his ways before her. Time goes by and all he wants is to go to Australia, believing they could reunite if they see each other again. But he does not even have the money for a ticket there. Everything seems lost until a mysterious man whom he waits on every night at the restaurant claims to understand his problem. He offers to give him money to go look for her. But in exchange, he requires he deliver important packages to various international cities, the contents of which he will not explain. Though he knows he would be crazy to take the job, his desperation to live the life he dreams overshadows risking the freedom of the lonely life he has, even if he loses everything. He sets out on a nerve-racking, five day trip around the world, playing the part of a traveling businessman, trying to discretely smuggle the packages. But as he is off risking everything to find her, he does not realize that she is on her own journey to find him again. This twisting, thrilling romance asks the question, can a love affair last forever?