1944, Rome: Newlywed Niki Novotná is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy s capital. One of OSS s few female operatives abroad and multi-lingual, she s tasked with crafting fake stories and distributing propaganda to lower the morale of enemy soldiers.   Despite limited resources, Niki and a scrappy team of artists, forgers, and others?now nicknamed The Lipstick Bureau?find success, forming a bond amid the cobblestone streets and storied villas of the newly liberated city. But her work is also a way to escape devastating truths about the family she left behind in Czechoslovakia and a future with her controlling American husband. As the war drags on and the pressure intensifies, Niki begins to question the rules she s been instructed to follow, and a colleague unexpectedly captures her heart. But one step out of line, one mistake, could mean life or death...   Loosely inspired by real-life OSS operati