Hongmei is the perfect Chinese wife: beautiful, diligent, passive. Glen is the perfect American husband: intelligent, caring, well-off. From the outside, they’re the ideal couple. But their perfect marriage is falling apart. When Hongmei receives a beguiling email from an anonymous secret admirer, she’s intrigued. But what starts out as a seemingly harmless flirtation quickly turns into an all-consuming emotional affair. As Hongmei reveals her darkest secrets to this virtual lover—including her past involvement with Chinese military intelligence—she becomes trapped in an increasingly dangerous game of cat and mouse. Driven by a desperation that teeters into self-destruction, she plunges deeper into an investigation into her emailer’s private history—one that could tear her life apart . . . or offer the chance to reclaim it.