"In his book, Secret Agent Woman, B. D. Foley shares his unique training and experiences as a CIA officer to teach women how to apply real “spy skills” to their worlds: spotting manipulative and predatory behavior, vetting and testing men, understanding the importance of maintaining a level of alertness, and even recognizing if someone is following her. The book is full of valuable, practical techniques (the same Foley used in the Agency) to help maintain physical and emotional safety.

Both espionage and romance have their seamy side. The artists of espionage and romance—predators—often resort to nefarious means to accomplish their goals: manipulation, plotting and planning, disguises, and lies. The target of a skilled, covert intelligence agent is often unaware that he or she is being hunted. And the target of someone's affection, in the case of romance, can be just as oblivious. In both cases, the victims are often picked like a lemon, squeezed for information, or personal gratification, and discarded when of no further use. That may sound harsh and ruthless—because it is. By practicing your own set of street smarts, you can expose a predator well before he manages to develop a relationship of trust he would then use to manipulate, demean, or even physically harm you. "