Mariet/Maricara is a spy romance set in Bucharest, spanning 1989 and 2024. At 22 Iowa girl Mariet Skidmore is recruited by the CIA, trained in seduction and espionage, and embedded in the Romanian elite as Maricara. Amidst the final days of the Cold War, she and her handler, Lenushka, fall for their targets, Petru and Dumitru, and conspire to overthrow Ceausescu—only for Maricara and Petru to be torn apart.

Decades later the CIA pulls Mariet back in to track down Petru. Reunited with Lenushka, she navigates a tangled web of desire involving her tough handler James, young Alex—who claims to be Petru’s son—and the very much alive and still-irresistible Petru. But who will win her heart?

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