The Kremlin's Candidate

by Jason Matthews

First published 2018

Russian counterintelligence chief Dominika Egorova faces her most dangerous mission yet. Vladimir Putin has ordered the assassination of a high-ranking American official, planning to replace him with a Russian asset cultivated for fifteen years. Dominika and her CIA lover Nate Nash must identify this traitor before he can expose Dominika's own secret role as an American spy. Discovery would mean execution in a Moscow cellar. The hunt leads to Putin's billion-dollar Black Sea palace, where his inner circle gathers for a power weekend. As the net tightens, Dominika and Nate confront an impossible choice. Will Nate sacrifice himself to save her? Will Dominika give up everything to protect him? The final confrontation tests not just their survival skills but the depths of their love in this climactic chapter of their deadly romance.

Genres: romance, suspense, espionage, political-thriller

Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, spy

Setting: Moscow, Black Sea

Period: Contemporary

435 pages · Hardcover · Scribner

Content warnings: violence

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