The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable-Used Erica Bauermeister her adoptive family is brutally

her adoptive family is brutally slain and she is forced to flee for her life with the temple’s greatest treasure—one part of the ancient scroll

melting kisses

his disappearance evokes dark memories that take Lucy back more than thirty years—to the day her brother vanished without a trace

his sickness sings

And perhaps these new allies can help her shed light on the secret behind Adam’s—and Warner’s—immunity to her killer skin

The Lipstick Bureau by Michelle Gable-Used Erica Bauermeister her adoptive family is brutally1944, Rome. Newlywed Niki Novotn is recruited by a new American spy agency to establish a secret branch in Italy's capital. One of the OSS's few female operatives abroad and multilingual, 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 othersnow nicknamed The Lipstick Bureaufind success, forming a bond amid the