The Russian Affair

With bravura storytelling stunning authenticity and unforgettable characters The Russian Affair brings readers into a world of love intrigue and espionage in the midst of the Cold War. Twenty-nine-year-old Anna Viktorovna lives in Moscow with her young son and her father a once popular and respected poet who has fallen into disgrace because of his dissident views. Her husband a junior officer in the Red Army is on active duty and living seven time zones away. When she meets Alexey Bulgyakov a married and powerful Soviet official who is nearly twice her age her life begins to look a little brighter. Yet their burgeoning romance is irrevocably threatened when a KGB colonel forces Anna to spy on Alexey who is suspected of disloyalty to the state. Though she loathes the notion of double-crossing she is forced to comply. But Anna isn''t the only character playing a double game.