The Senator’s Mistress: Lies, Love, and the Cost of Truth

In the smoke-hazed corridors of 1950s Washington, secrets buy silence and loyalty cuts deep. Investigative reporter Evelyn Hart is back in the city that once undid her. Her assignment is blunt: uncover a Senate subcommittee using blackmail to muzzle dissent under the banner of security.

The trail runs straight to Senator Thomas Reed. War hero. Brilliant speaker. The man she loved until he chose ambition and left her behind a decade ago. Now he’s married to power and climbing fast. One look across Union Station steam, echoing footsteps and the past presses close.

Evelyn keeps digging. Files disappear. Phones click dead. Their meetings turn risky: a locked study, rain streaking the windows, voices kept low. Desire tangles with deception. Every touch tightens the knot. Every fact she uncovers sharpens the threat.

Truth here destroys careers and lives. Evelyn knows the cost. Expose the scandal and she may lose Thomas for good. Protect him and the city keeps its lies.

How much truth can love survive when trust is the price?

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Each book in the Hearts of Power series uncovers a secret romance hidden within the pulse of American history where passion and politics intertwine, and every kiss risks rewriting the nation’s story.

Power has always been the most seductive kind of hunger the kind that burns hotter in private than under the spotlight. Across history, love and ambition have met in secret rooms and war rooms alike. From the White House to the battlefield, from whispered promises to dangerous alliances, the fiercest hearts are those that crave both a nation’s glory and the one person they were never meant to have.

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E-bog: 16. december 2025