Ambassador Smith finds happiness with her new lover, Cochrane, but a break-in at her official residence forces her to make one of the most difficult decisions of her career.

The strain of being an ambassador is beginning to show on Harriet, and she enlists the help of her resident MI6 agent, John Stone, in preventing a civil war.

Ambassador Smith is torn between love and duty when her boyfriend, Cochrane, is kidnapped for ransom and she is unable to illegally negotiate his release.

A British family enlists the embassy's help in rescuing their teenage son from a cult in Dublin and Ambassador Smith must confront the enigmatic but dangerous cult leader, Cornelius.

Ambassador Smith finds herself in the middle of a public media frenzy as well as a personal emotional dilemma after a young British girl in an Irish prison asks for assistance.

Deputy Ambassador Tyler is accused of murdering his wife and Harriet is forced to question his innocence when diplomatic immunity becomes his only way off the hook.