Where to Turn After ‘Love in Disguise’ for More Undercover Romance and Office Intrigue
‘Love in Disguise’ is a romance thriller about an arrogant chaebol heir who becomes a murder suspect, and the former special forces officer who goes undercover as his personal secretary to investigate him. The series premieres on Prime Video on October 19 in more than 240 countries and territories. That blend of a hidden identity, a workplace and a slow-building attraction is what makes the show easy to pair with other titles.
Viewers searching for shows like ‘Love in Disguise’ will find plenty of options that borrow one or more of its ingredients. The drama is adapted from a web novel, and its detective disguises herself as a man to get close to the heir. The picks below cover disguised heroines, powerful bosses, secretaries and contract romances.
‘Undercover Miss Hong’
This slapstick retro office comedy follows an elite securities inspector in her thirties who gets hired as a 20-year-old entry-level employee at a securities firm where suspicious capital flows were detected. It is set at the end of the 1990s. The firm’s newly appointed president grows suspicious of her and secretly investigates her background.
‘100 Days of Deception’
Kim You Jung and Park Jinyoung lead this period spy romance set in Gyeongseong during the Japanese colonial era, where a top pickpocket goes undercover as an interpreter trainee. Her mission grows more complicated when she falls for the son of her target. It offers the same tension between duty and feeling, in a historical setting.
‘Strong Woman Do Bong-soon’
Do Bong-soon comes from a line of women born with superhuman strength, and she takes a job as a bodyguard for a gaming company CEO. That echoes the detective in ‘Love in Disguise’, who is known for her extraordinary strength. The romance grows out of protection and trust.
‘Business Proposal’
Shin Ha Ri poses as her friend to help her avoid a blind date, only to discover the date is her company’s CEO. Once the lie is exposed, he proposes a fake dating arrangement. The story is compact and lighthearted at 12 episodes.
‘The Secret Life of My Secretary’
A wealthy executive relies on his secretary, Jung Gal Hee, to find the person who attacked him, and the two fall in love along the way. The boss and secretary pairing is the closest match to the central dynamic of ‘Love in Disguise’. It leans more on mystery than on comedy.
‘The Real Has Come!’
The heroine enters a contract marriage with Gong Tae Kyung, a commitment-phobic doctor who is also a chaebol heir. It is a more conventional chaebol romance than ‘Love in Disguise’. The arrangement, though, keeps both leads guarded about what they really feel.
‘Take Charge of My Heart’
Kim Young Kwang and Chae Soo Bin lead this romance, in which chaebol heir Baek Ho Rang has an artificial heart that is running out of power. Na Bo Bae can generate electricity through her body, an ability she developed after being struck by lightning as a child. It is one of the more unusual romances of the season, and it premiered on Netflix.
‘Marry My Husband’
This Prime Video title follows Kang Ji Won, who is given a second life and tries to avoid the same fate by getting her best friend to marry her husband in her place. It keeps the same appeal of a heroine who is hiding something and playing a long game.
Once Yoon Yi Jun starts to suspect his new secretary in ‘Love in Disguise’, which of these disguised or scheming heroines do you think would keep a secret the longest?
