PAST WARS, PAST LIVES, PAST LOVES . . . CAN WE EVER REALLY LET THEM GO . . . AND SHOULD WE?
Ten years ago, U.S. State Department intelligence officer Jordan Weisss life was turned upside down when she was told her college boyfriend, Jared, drowned in the River Cam. In a shocking discovery, though, she realizes that things werent as they seemed and that she had been lied to and betrayed by those closest to her. Reeling from the shock and the knowledge that Jared is still aliveJordan resigns her State Department post and sets off in search of answers. Traveling to Jareds last known whereabouts on the French Riviera, she encounters Nicole, a mysterious woman who flees after refusing to disclose what she knows about Jared.
Following Nicole across Europe, Jordan soon discovers that she is not alone in her pursuit Aaron, a handsome and enigmatic Israeli, is chasing Nicole for his own cryptic reasons. Though distrustful of each other, Jordan and Aaron join forces on a journey that takes them half a world away, and only steps ahead of grave peril.
As Jordan draws closer tofinding the answers that have eluded her for a decade, larger questions remain: Can she reconcile her attraction to Aaron with her unresolved feelings for Jared, the only man she ever loved? Will the truth be too devastating to handle or finally set her free?
Will she have a chance at happiness at last? Thrilling, romantic, and impossible to put down, A Hidden Affair gives us a brave and relentless heroine who never gives up on her search for the truth.
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From Publishers Weekly
What kind of man could fake his own death and then, for more than a decade, let his loved ones suffer? After such a betrayal, what woman would want him back? Meet erstwhile Cambridge University sweethearts Jared Short and Jordan Weiss, whose star-crossed odyssey continues in Jenoff's intriguing sequel to Almost Home. Following Jordan's discovery of Jared's apparent survival--and her own narrow escape from enemies still out to silence him--the plucky young diplomat chucks her State Department commission to seek closure. But instead of answers, what lies ahead on a perilous chase stretching from London to the Aegean are more conundrums. Along the way, Jordan encounters Ari Bruck, a seductive mystery man who might be a Mossad agent, and Nicole Short, an elegant blonde who apparently runs in the same circles as Jared. Despite some lazy writing and less than convincing plot elements, this thriller should keep romantic suspense fans hooked until its explosive climax.
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From Booklist
Jenoff picks up the story of federal agent Jordan Weiss from Almost Home (2009), after she has a bombshell dropped in her lap. Her college boyfriend Jared Short, dead for ten years, is not dead at all. He faked his death and went on the run because he discovered something he should not have threads of a secret plan that stretched across Europe and even into the U.S. State Department. Now that she knows he's alive, Jordan only wants to see him again. So she drops off the feds' radar, and uses gut instinct and a few scant clues and hints to try to track Jared down. Jordan crosses Europe following his last known connection, a mysterious woman named Nicole, who is also being tailed by Ari, an enigmatic private investigator, on suspicion of forgery charges. As Jordan and Ari follow the trail across the Mediterranean, they unveil a grand conspiracy in this dramatic, sweeping, and exciting sequel. --Hilary Hatton