Follows the adventures of Australian journalist Cleo Spearfield. In the opener, Cleo falls in love with an American reporter while covering the Vietnam War; lands a job with a London newspaper; and is romanced by the paper's owner, Lord Cruze.
Cleo breaks off with Jack and moves to New York, where she "wins" a job as a police reporter on Claudine's newspaper; Tom, now a successful novelist, finds a new girl friend.
Cleo is appointed associate editor of the Courier, but Jack loses interest in her career when it becomes clear that she has lost interest in him; and Tom returns to New York.