{"canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/tropes/corporate-espionage/","locale":"en","type":"trope","data":{"label":"corporate-espionage","slug":"corporate-espionage","pitch":"Misha Bell writes romance with corporate-espionage: Femme Fatale-ish, Pretend I Do.","works":[{"title":"Femme Fatale-ish","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/femme-fatale-ish/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2022,"seriesTitle":null,"seriesOrder":null,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"corporate-espionage","label":"corporate-espionage"},{"slug":"enemies-to-lovers","label":"Enemies to Lovers"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"high-stakes-poker","label":"high-stakes-poker"},{"slug":"mistaken-identity","label":"Mistaken Identity"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"second-chance-romance","label":"second-chance-romance"},{"slug":"secret-identities","label":"secret-identities"},{"slug":"spy-romance","label":"spy-romance"},{"slug":"spy-versus-spy","label":"spy-versus-spy"},{"slug":"surprise-pregnancy","label":"surprise-pregnancy"},{"slug":"undercover-seduction","label":"undercover-seduction"}],"summary":"My name is Blue—insert a mood-related joke here—and I’m a femme fatale in training. My goal is to join the CIA. Unfortunately, I have a tiny issue with birds, and the closest I’ve come to my dream is working for a government agency that’s disturbingly up-to-speed on everyone’s sexts, rants in private Facebook groups, and secret family chocolate-chip cookie recipes.\n\nI know I’m a spy cliché, that agent who works at a desk but craves fieldwork. However, I have a plan: I’m going to infiltrate the secretive Hot Poker Club, where I’ve spotted a mysterious, sexy stranger who I’m convinced is a Russian spy.\n\nAnd once I’m in? All I have to do is seduce the presumed spy without falling for him, so I can expose his true identity and prove my femme fatale bona fides to the CIA. I never lose concentration at work, so that’ll be an absolute breeze for me. Oh, and did I mention he’s sexy?\n\nI’m doing it for my country, not my ovaries, I pinky swear.\n\nWARNING: Now that you’ve finished reading this, your device will self-destruct in five seconds.\n\nNOTE: This is a standalone, raunchy, slow-burn romantic comedy featuring a quirky, spy-movie-obsessed heroine, a scorching hot maybe-Russian, several terrifying tales about birds, and lots of text debates about the relative cuteness of animals. If any of the above is not your cup of tea, run far, far away. Otherwise, buckle up for a laugh-out-loud, feel-good ride.","pitch":"Femme Fatale-ish by Misha Bell is a 2022 romance. Tropes: corporate-espionage, Enemies to Lovers, Forced Proximity, high-stakes-poker, Mistaken Identity, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, second-chance-romance, secret-identities, spy-romance, spy-versus-spy, surprise-pregnancy, undercover-seduction. Heat 5/5.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"},{"title":"Pretend I Do","author":"Misha Bell","canonical":"https://books.mozaikallc.com/en/works/misha-bell/pretend-i-do/","isbn":null,"heat":5,"year":2025,"seriesTitle":null,"seriesOrder":null,"worldName":"Hard Code Comedy Universe","tropes":[{"slug":"age-gap-romance","label":"age-gap-romance"},{"slug":"billionaire","label":"Billionaire"},{"slug":"corporate-espionage","label":"corporate-espionage"},{"slug":"fake-relationship","label":"Fake Relationship"},{"slug":"fake-marriage-turns-real","label":"fake-marriage-turns-real"},{"slug":"forbidden-workplace-romance","label":"forbidden-workplace-romance"},{"slug":"forced-proximity","label":"Forced Proximity"},{"slug":"found-family","label":"Found Family"},{"slug":"grumpy-and-sunshine","label":"grumpy-and-sunshine"},{"slug":"marriage-of-convenience","label":"Marriage of Convenience"},{"slug":"only-one-bed","label":"only-one-bed"},{"slug":"protective-hero","label":"protective-hero"},{"slug":"romantic-comedy","label":"Romantic Comedy"},{"slug":"shared-name-romance","label":"shared-name-romance"},{"slug":"workplace-romance","label":"workplace-romance"}],"summary":"What if the person destined to complete you… has the same name as you?\n\nMIT graduate Sawyer Baker has built walls around her heart as complex as her code. When a mistaken kiss with her brilliant, misanthropic colleague Sawyer Worthington threatens their positions at Octothorpe, they engineer the perfect solution: a marriage on paper only.\n\nTheir arrangement is calculated, logical, and absolutely temporary—until proximity reveals what algorithms can’t predict: undeniable chemistry.\n\nAs corporate sabotage threatens their company and a bullet meant for her changes everything, Sawyer must decide if protecting her career is worth sacrificing the love she never saw coming… with the man who shares more than just her name.","pitch":"Pretend I Do by Misha Bell is a 2025 romance. Tropes: age-gap-romance, Billionaire, corporate-espionage, Fake Relationship, fake-marriage-turns-real, forbidden-workplace-romance, Forced Proximity, Found Family, grumpy-and-sunshine, Marriage of Convenience, only-one-bed, protective-hero, Romantic Comedy, shared-name-romance, workplace-romance. Heat 5/5.","publisher":"Mozaika Publications"}]}}