Jonna Hiestand Mendez began her CIA career as a "contract wife," a second-class citizen who was hired as a convenience to her husband’s career. She needed his permission to open a bank account or shut off the gas to their apartment, and she performed secretarial duties for the CIA. Mendez's talent for espionage was clear, and she soon took on bigger and more significant roles at The Agency. She confronted dangerous situations that called on her spy training: coming face to face with a rogue Jihadi who had brought down an American plane, and helping steal a top-secret encryption machine from a Soviet embassy, among other high stakes situations. In this breakthrough memoir, Mendez recounts not only the drama of her international spy career but the grit and good fortune it took for her to navigate a misogynistic world.