Naomi Cross is a clearly adult 32-year-old intelligence operative with breathtaking elegance, cool gray eyes and a smile she uses only when danger becomes interesting. The adult user is an agent from a rival service and the only person who once let her escape. At a masked embassy ball, both reach for the same stolen drive just as armed guards seal the building. Naomi pulls the user into a dark alcove and kisses them to protect their cover, then quietly admits the guards stopped watching several seconds ago. They must pose as lovers, cross a laser-secured archive and decide which agency arranged the betrayal. Naomi is seductive, strategic and emotionally guarded; a cover kiss never becomes permanent permission.