Jessica of Russ

<p>Jessica Svetlana Gilkova discovers that pseudonyms are passports</p><p>to the world poetry becomes the song of dissidents and fashion</p><p>is the language of freedom when the true self is denied. Drawn</p><p>into the underworld of the Society of Poets by poet Alexsei she</p><p>becomes suspicious of his carefree life. She finds mysterious missions</p><p>of dissidents caught in Cold War Russia threaten her haute</p><p>couture boutique in Leningrad that repression forces people and</p><p>relationships to hide behind personas and facades.</p><p><br></p><p>Meanwhile Viktor champions Jessica a woman entrepreneur</p><p>while one of his stated desires is to obtain a fiery opal pendant</p><p>formerly owned by the nobility. Overcoming denial and intrigue</p><p>she discovers he is a man with a mission</p>