Jay Hawk: the Assassin's Lover

If you liked ARGO, the Oscar-winning best picture of the year, you'll like Jay Hawk: The Assassin's Lover. The real-life character played by Ben Affleck, Tony Mendez, tutored the author at CIA HQ to refine this extensively researched story of agonizing personal choices, individual responsibility and unintended consequences. Framed against real world geopolitical threats?including Al Quds commandos, the first Iranian warships entering the Mediterranean, via the Suez Canal, the assassination of Iran?s nuclear physicists and the Fire and Stuxnet viruses, Jay Hawk is a story as current as tomorrow's headlines. Britt Jaeger, fleeing an abusive marriage, suffers a terrifying assault on her bus ride from Kansas to New York, where she is embroiled in a cauldron of lies, violence, intrigue and sex. With only one suitcase and money running out, she lands an entry-level Wall Street job where the charismatic, CEO Mackenzie Collingwood, introduces her to ?all the right people.? But the right people become the wrong people when Britt is mistaken for the firm?s most important client, Colonel Rebekah Chayat, a former Mossad assassin, and is kidnapped in a conspiracy that could change the world?s balance of power. Tight, plausible connections move the conflict from New York to London, Tel Aviv, Tehran and Athens, even a private Caribbean island owned by seven of the richest women in the world, in ways that are unnervingly creepy and very tense. Praise for the eBook edition of Jay Hawk: The Assassin's Lover excerpted from reviews on Amazon and Smashwords: *****?This one hooks you early. A page turner. There are plenty of twists and turns and you never know where the story will lead you.? ***** ??Everything that a suspense/mystery fan likes in a story. Action, adventure and a little romance thrown in for good measure. This was definitely a page turner...as I was reading I kept telling myself I needed to get some sleep.? ***** ? Haven?t read a book I couldn?t put down in a while. Not only the intrigue of espionage and compelling romance but so well researched it feels like something you might read in the NYT or WSJ.? *****?Action thrillers like this are not my first choice as a genre, but I couldn?t put this book down. Despite non-stop action, it was the characters that lifted this book out of the ordinary. The four strong women were fabulous but flawed, nuanced and complex.? *****?It was hard for me to believe that a male author was able to portray women with such an authentic voice. This novel is going to be my Christmas gift to quite a few friends. Don't miss it!? *****?You will be fascinated with these women as you learn their stories and interactions with each other. BJ was especially likeable as a woman who didn?t realize how strong she really was until faced with adversity.? *****?A page turner from the start, The Assassin?s Lover challenges the reader?s knowledge of politics, history, geography, and culture while taking her a journey of wonder and excitement.? *****?The story line is ?clean? white-collar crime, but there (is) plenty of good old James Bond action and romance scenes in between.?