Laynie Portland, Retired Spy

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"Retirement" means something altogether different to a spy. It means someone in authority over you has decided that "coming in from the cold" is out of the question. It means you'd better run.LAYNIE PORTLAND HAS masqueraded as Swedish citizen Linnéa Olander for more than two decades, the last seven years as the high-profile companion of Vassili Aleksandrovich Petroff. Petroff, a reputable Russian scientist and former officer of the KGB, serves as senior technology advisor to the Secretary of the Russian Federation's Security Council.Laynie's life as Petroff's mistress is lonely and difficult, even brutal, for Petroff has a pathological need to master what is "his." But the woman Petroff knows as "Linnéa" is not the compliant, deferential woman he believes her to be. She is Laynie Portland—spy extraordinaire—and despite Petroff's control and cruelty, Laynie has managed to steal a wealth of political and technological...