Bel''s joined the Manchester office of a big national paper from her award-winning podcast. There''s only three of them there - Bel, her relentlessly ambitious colleague Aaron, and the intern. And when the new intern turns out to be a thirty-something man called Connor, she''s not impressed. She''s patronising, he''s hostile: it''s a terrible start.
Then Bel gets a sniff at a really big story, Connor gets caught in the melee, and before they know it they have to convince people they''re a couple - and a couple in love. If they mess up, Bel''s cover is blown and the biggest story she''ll ever have landed will disappear, along with justice for its sources.
But as time goes on, who''s double crossing whom - and which feelings are real? It''s Mr & Mrs Smith meets The Hating Game - and sparks will fly...