Brian Grover was a brilliant young engineer with everything: dark good looks, a wealthy family, plus a Cambridge education. His parents wanted him to join the army and find 'a nice girl'. Brian had other ideas. In 1931 he fled the recession to seek fortune in Stalin's murderously dangerous Soviet Union. At the Bolshoi Ballet, in Moscow, he met a beautiful young nurse named Ileana Petrovna. Their love affair would enchant the world. Set amidst socio-political turmoil, this heart-warming story tells of a man's determination to be with the woman he loved.