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Exclusive
First published 1996 · 688 pages
A high-stakes cocktail of White House conspiracy and steamy romance that reads like a blockbuster 90s thriller.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like stepping into a quintessential 90s blockbuster thriller, where the stakes are impossibly high and the romance is unapologetically steamy. The narrative moves at a propulsive clip, dragging you through shadowy Washington D.C. corridors, secret meetings, and explosive revelations. It balances the gritty, ambitious energy of a scrappy journalist with the paranoid tension of a massive political cover-up. The prose is punchy and direct, designed purely to keep you turning pages late into the night rather than lingering on lyrical descriptions. It is a perfect fit for readers who love their suspense laced with passionate, slow-burn romance, offering a deeply satisfying blend of danger, ethical dilemmas, and triumphant justice.
- Mood
- tense
- shadowy
- high-stakes
- passionate
- Tone
- urgent
- dramatic
- suspenseful
- earnest
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- ambition and ethics · political corruption · dangerous romance · uncovering hidden truths · grief and betrayal
- The writing
- Punchy, fast-paced, and dialogue-heavy, prioritizing momentum and dramatic reveals over lyrical description.
- The arc
- Begins with gritty, career-driven ambition, plunges into paranoid, high-stakes danger, and resolves in passionate triumph.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave the classic 90s blend of steamy romance, plucky heroines, and sprawling political conspiracies.
Content notes
- infant death
- grief
- murder
- political violence
- sexual content
About the book
Barrie Travis is not famous: she's just a damn good reporter stuck at a low-budget television station. Then the First Lady calls her...and offers her the story of a lifetime. The president's wife, stunned by grief after the loss of her infant son, hints that her child may have been murdered. Blind to everything but finding the truth, Barrie's fight for an exclusive story will test her ethics, her patriotism, and her courage. Then, with the help of Gray Bondurant, a mysterious former presidential aide, she unearths White House secrets that, if exposed, could topple the presidency. Now, even as she falls in love, Barrie must fight powerful forces that want nothing more than to see the scandalous past - and a certain young reporter - dead and buried.
Description from Open Library.
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