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"In 1943, Anya Pavlovitch, a Russian expatriate working for the U.S. War Department, is asked to return to Shanghai, a city that holds painful memories and is currently occupied by Japanese forces. She must accompany a misogynistic Naval Intelligence Officer, Macdonald ""Mac"" Benson, recruited by the OSS. Mac Benson, a field operative pulled back to Washington after a mishap, is determined to reclaim himself and avoid the confinement of a desk job. In Shanghai, Anya reunites with people from her past while Mac associates with unscrupulous characters, one in particular who holds the key to Anya's past. Her shenanigans put the two at odds. When the head of Shanghai's opium trade kidnaps Mac, Anya must musters the courage to rescue him and redeem herself."

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This World War II story features Anya Pavlovitch as a U.S. intelligence operative working in a Japanese-occupied Shanghai. Her Russian roots come back to haunt her, and her own co-workers aren't always keen to have a woman in the field with them. When lives are on the line, she has to find the strength to handle situations she never dreamed of. Red Asscher does a wonderful job of transporting us back in time and into a vastly different culture. It examines the challenges of the war coupled with the extra burdens placed on women. All in an exotic atmosphere which shines with intrigue. BellaOnline - The Voice of Women

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