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At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet and an American agent fall in love.. Soviet agent Gennady Matskevich is thrilled when he's assigned to work with American FBI agent Daniel Hawthorne. There’s just one catch: Gennady’s abusive boss wants him to honeytrap his American partner. Gennady doesn't want…


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Gray is one of the most underrated writers of queer romance. I loved this historical romance featuring two spies—one American, one Soviet—who initially fall in love while working on a case together during the Cold War, and who then part and reconnect over the course of the following decades. Gray brings mid-twentieth century history to fascinating life via her deftly-realized and often deeply funny characters, as American Daniel and Russian Gennady must manage not just their cultural and political differences and stereotypes, but also Gennady's boss's insistence that Gennady "honeytrap," or seduce Daniel in order to blackmail him into releasing…

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