A baby is smuggled out of Romania on the black market and is sold illegally to Diana Helms, an unsuspecting adoptive mother in Boston. When the Romanian father unexpectedly appears on the scene, posing as businessman, his Balkan charm seduces Diana. Her love for him is eventually betrayed as he conspires to abduct his child back to Romania. Diana, bitter but not defeated, follows him across Europe determined to regain her child.