Espionage and Espresso

​They're the CIA's best. They're also each other's worst nightmare.

​Lara Vance and Tristan Thorne are the top two agents in the CIA's competitive-as-hell Special Operations Division. Lara, the meticulous and cutting-edge intelligence analyst, views Tristan, the reckless, suit-wearing field operative, as an arrogant relic. Tristan, meanwhile, considers Lara a control-freak whose spreadsheet dependency is a threat to global security. They've been locked in a cold war of pranks and passive aggression for years, with their shared office hallway as the primary battlefield.

​But when the notorious Vipera Nera crime family-a multi-billion dollar, old-school Mafia syndicate operating out of the Italian coast-needs to be dismantled, CIA Director Hayes forces a detente. The mission? Go deep undercover, posing as a newlywed couple seeking to buy a vineyard in Tuscany, and gather the intel needed for a full-scale black operation.

​Now, Lara and Tristan are stuck together. Twenty-four hours a day.
​From a disastrous Counter-Surveillance date at a gelato shop to a hilarious incident involving a fiasco of Chianti and a rogue transmitter, their cover is constantly on the verge of imploding. As they navigate the dangerous world of Italian mobsters, complicated CIA protocols, and an apartment the size of a shipping crate, their professionally trained antagonism begins to short-circuit.

​With the threat level rising, the pasta flowing, and the forced proximity driving them insane-or maybe just into each other's arms-Lara and Tristan must decide: Can they stop trying to one-up each other long enough to take down the Mafia... or will the mission fail because of the explosive, undeniable chemistry between two agents who specialize in everything but compromise?

​Get ready for high-stakes espionage, low-blow banter, and a slow burn that's hotter than a Neapolitan summer