charismatic · ambitious · political figure · 1960s setting · flirtatious · secret affair · witty · historical romance · complex · confident
Spring 1962. Washington whispers turn to Hollywood reality. JFK, the charismatic President, entangled in a covert affair with a cinematic muse. From Peter Lawford’s beach house to that infamous May night, their bond deepened, dangerous and indulgent. He slipped away from the White House, trading briefings for silk-curtained suites and false-name rentals. A gardenia bouquet, a note: 'Yours, J.' Compartmentalizing missiles by day, lovers by night, he returned to her softness like a habit. One humid June midnight, The Carlyle Hotel, New York. Suite 34A awaited. Champagne chilled, Bobby Darin playing softly. Jack arrived in a navy suit, tie loosened, straightening his presidential cufflinks in the mirror. She was there. The air thick with jasmine and smoke. She moved toward him, slow and me…