Straits

[Unabridged version: some sexual content and depictions of terrorism may not be appropriate for all audiences.]

The Cold War is over, but the real battles have just begun. In the shifting power dynamics of the 1990s, three women dare to lead with heart—and risk everything for the truth, for power, and for love.

Investigative journalist Millie O’Dair doesn’t believe in fairy tales—but somewhere between DC, Dulles, and 39,000 feet over the Pacific, she meets a naval officer who just might change her mind. Their chemistry ignites across continents and conflicts, even as her stories threaten to unravel a dangerous global conspiracy.

In Singapore, Laura Davidson, enigmatic socialite and diplomatic wife, knows all too well that power is seduction—and secrets are currency. And deep within the Pentagon, Regina Pike, a military intelligence engineer, must choose between loyalty and desire as everything she’s built begins to crack under pressure.

Together with Commander Toffee Link, a rising Navy surface warfare officer with a talent for intelligence, the three are entangled in a shadow war of misinformation and covert operations, where controversial tech transfers, off-the-books surveillance, and diplomatic maneuvering mask a far deadlier game.

Straits blends sizzling chemistry with high-stakes global intrigue, where the battlefields are jungles, embassies, newsrooms, the White House, Pentagon vaults and non-existent Ops centers. From late-night rendezvous to whispered truths miles high, espionage becomes a game of weapons and pleasure.

No fantastical impossible mission, for readers who appreciate strong female protagonists alongside the tedious grind of geopolitical intrigue, Straits has the sweeping historical detail of Ken Follett, the military precision of Tom Clancy, and the nuanced character development of Gayle Lynds and Lynda La Plante, weaving dozens of characters through a complex web of intertwined destinies. Fans of David Ignatius and Lauren Wilkinson may appreciate this unflinching exploration, revealing the untold stories that shaped a new world order — where truth was a weapon, alliances were fragile, and the rules of global power were rewritten in blood, in secret, and never as history would record, and with heroines you’ll never forget—a geopolitical thriller with the heart of a slow-burn, high-stakes love story.