Atomic Love

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On her way home, stepping out of Field's tonight, tired and sad, she passed an extraordinarily tall man leaning against the Summer Frolic! window. He was openly staring at her with remarkable blue eyes. At Wabash, she glimpsed him again. When she crossed Erie, there he was, his fedora pulled low over his brow, hurrying to catch the light. Broad shouldered. Powerful-looking, with a purposeful stride. That's when Rosalind noticed he was pressing his left wrist against his ribs-like a woman holding a purse to keep it from being stolen. A war injury, maybe? He must have trailed her onto Lake Shore Drive, for when she turned down the street to her entrance, she caught a flash of blue eyes watching from across the street.



Frank, her doorman, ushered her in. "Miss Porter. Best time of year, isn't it?"



Maybe that fellow was just going her way, a coincidence. All through the war, men flirted with her until they found out what she did. Braininess always blunted her appeal. Now that she's thirty years old and still unmarried, people have begun to call her "handsome." She hates the damn word. It would bolster her self-esteem to have a stranger find her attractive. Her biggest fear is that she will become that woman-the one who lives alone, whom no one notices when she walks down the street. A woman who's become invisible, negligible. Poor Miss Porter. She never had much of a life.





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Cranking all the living room windows open, she invites the lake breeze into the room. No matter where she's gone to follow work (and Weaver, God help her)-Tennessee, Washington, the deserts of New Mexico-she always ached to return to this glittering lakefront, its sailboats and towering buildings.



Shucking her blouse, removing her brassiere, she lets the breeze chill her perspiring skin. Living on the nineteenth floor, facing the water, no one can see her. She does this every hot night, a ritual that lets her momentarily wear the cool breath of

romance, this one's for you. TheSkimm

Atomic Love had me in its thrall from page one. How rewarding to follow these sympathetic, brilliantly drawn characters through their affairs of state and heart. Thank you, Jennie Fields, for this terrific, atmospheric, suspenseful and wholly gratifying read. Elinor Lipman, author of Then She Found Me and Good Riddance
 
"A page-turning thriller that s also an exploration of the competing pressures on women that still resonates today. This one goes to the top of your pile." B.A. Shapiro, author of The Art Forger

Fields s immersive love story is thoroughly engaging. Fans of Beatriz Williams or Paula McLain will take great pleasure in the rich historical detail, suspenseful intrigue, and the emotionally charged romance. Library Journal

"Set in Chicago during the Red Scare of the early 1950s, Fields combines a paean to feminist empowerment with old-fashioned romance, both centered on a female scientist...A professional and romantic ending for Roz that is every woman s wish fulfillment. Atmospheric, historically interesting escapism."  Kirkus Reviews

"Fields creates authentic female characters teetering on the verge of the women s movement, struggling to claim their place in the world. Inspired by history, Fields' fifth novel is a love story filled with passion, betrayal, mystery, and liberation." Booklist

Romance fans will delight in the smoldering affection between Roz and Charlie As escapist fare, Fields's steamy adventure gets the job done." Publishers Weekly

"Atomic Love scrupulously captures both the minute (you might say atomic ) and panoramic elements of the early Cold War...In Rosalind, Fields has created an anxious yet gutsy heroine who carries her Shakespearean name with aplomb...Inspired by such female scientists as physicist Leona Woods and the author s own mother, Atomic Love is as much about undercover work as it is about women s passions." BookPage

"Atomic Love is a twisty, compelling story of science, passion and conflicting loyalties." Shelf Awareness

Jennie Fields has crafted a page-turning romantic mystery set in a time and place both familiar and foreign, a story of scientific marvels, wartime atrocities, and secret agents fighting the Cold War...Fields brings to vivid life a fascinating period in American history by depicting flawed human characters seeking healing, redemption, love, and hope in a world made bleak by the horrors of man s inhumanity to man and woman. Chapter16.org

Quite romantic, sexy, but smart and also beautifully written, a historical romance with espionage. And scientists, convincingly brainy and complicated. A romance for our times, set in an earlier time but alert to women s frustrations in the world, then as much as now. Shawangunk Journal

"Full of intrigue and good old fashioned espionage, Fields has created a flawed and ferocious heroine in the intelligent Rosalind Porter. A captivating must-read with a cast of crafty characters so engaging I was sad to see it come to its glorious end."  Noelle Salazar, author of The Flight Girls

The smart, warmhearted, and haunted heroine at the center of Atomic Love is just one of the complex characters that enrich this imaginative page-turner. Field s sharp eye for detail never slows the action, but sensuously immerses the reader in time and place.   Laura Moriarty, author of The Chaperone

Atomic Love lives up to its name explosive and passionate, this is a story that you will not want to put down, and that will resonate long after it has ended. Fields has an unerring gift for recreating the past, and making it live and breathe like the present. Kitty Zeldis, Not Our Kind

A beautifully rendered love story entwined in a page-turning espionage thriller. Fields packs the pages of this wonderful novel with fascinating facts about the Cold War and characters that are complex and compelling. A must read! Anita Abriel, author of The Light After War