Length12h 41m
About this audiobook
Portia Sebring was born into a family that's considered royalty in the intelligence community, and the fact that she's a woman doesn't preclude her from joining the "family business." A linguistic genius, she's recruited by her older brother to decipher Russian codes for the Venona Project. While at Arlington Hall, she meets Nigel Mann, a CIA officer known as Mr. Freeze, who's been vetted to the NSA. Unbeknownst to Portia, her father is behind the meeting. Rumor has it that Portia, called the ice princess, is also a lesbian, and at this time in America -- the late '50s -- it could negate any veracity to the codes she deciphers. A match with an equally cold man who won't distract her from her work seems the ideal solution in her father's eyes.
Things don't go quite according to plan, as both Portia and Nigel develop strong feelings for each other. They marry and eventually start a family. However, the lifetime together they anticipate is cut short when Nigel's jet crashes on New Year's Day, 1978. Devastated, but with a thirteen-year-old son depending on her, Portia has no choice but to go on after Nigel's death.
When Quinton, her son, is approached to join the US Equestrian Team for the 1980 Summer Olympics, she's pleased and proud, but those plans are dashed due to the government's boycott of the Games. To distract him, Portia takes him to France on a wine-buying trip, and it's there that Quinton first feels an attraction for someone of his own sex. Portia, a wise mother, is aware, but since she herself had a same-sex affair in her early twenties, she's very accepting of this.
Along with Gregor, her trusted bodyguard and devoted family friend, she watches as Quinton follows in his father's and her footsteps in the "family business," and finally finds a partner worthy of him, WBIS agent Mark Vincent. She's happy for them, but sure that she won't love again, since Sebrings have their "one" and she's lost hers, but is she right?
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (53)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction, Romance
Length12 hrs 41 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 26, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Silver BellsTinnean2h 23m3.5 (44)$3 · $0.00
In a Hundred LifetimesTinnean1h 58m$3 · $0.00
Moonlight Becomes YouTinnean9h 9m$5.50 · $0.00
Call Me ChurchTinnean2h 3m3.3 (68)$3 · $0.00
Twelve Desserts of SummerTinnean1h 50m3.4 (10)$3 · $0.00
The Most Loved of AllTinnean7h 47m4.2 (1.2K)$5.50 · $0.00
Two Lips, Indifferent RedTinnean12h 7m4.0 (1.4K)$6.50 · $0.00
Greater Love Box SetTinnean20h 25m$7.50 · $0.00
Sweetest TabooTinnean8h 45m$5.50 · $0.00
Strange Strange World Box SetTinnean66h 57m$8 · $0.00
Rainbows in Your EyesTinnean12h 18m$6.50 · $0.00
Portal to EdenTinnean5h 4m3.9 (128)$4.50 · $0.00
Bless Us With ContentTinnean10h 13m3.8 (649)$5 · $0.00
I'll Be Home for ChristmasTinnean6h 15m3.9 (44)$5.50 · $0.00
The BestTinnean7h 19m3.2 (320)$5.50 · $0.00
Whither Thou GoestTinnean10h 38m3.8 (17)$6.50 · $0.00
In His Line of WorkTinnean47m3.4 (52)$2 · $0.00
Lagoon of DreamsTinnean13h 4m3.6 (44)$6.50 · $0.00
Two Weeks to Look Forward toTinnean4h 59m4.2 (11)$4.50 · $0.00
What If? Box SetTinnean28h 26m$7 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (670)$28 · $0.00
This Side of Paradise - The Original 1920 Edition (Annotated)F. Scott Fitzgerald11h 30m4.6 (1.6K)$2 · $0.00
War LordBernard Cornwell13h 21m4.6 (33.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Great Gatsby: Original 1925 Edition (An F. Scott Fitzgerald Classic NovelFrancis Scott Fitzgerald4h 45m4.6 (9.3K)$15 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$15 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$10 · $0.00
ShivajiRanjit Desai25h 13m4.6 (3.1K)$24 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
Desperate MeasuresBrenda Jackson8h 59m4.7 (670)$28 · $0.00
Pride & Prejudice (Annotated)Jane Austen15h 10m4.7 (13.3K)$2 · $0.00
The Search (Annotated)Grace Livingston Hill7h 29m4.7 (1.1K)$1.99 · $0.00
The ReunionJana Deleon6h 31m4.6 (1.6K)$26 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Wishes from the HeartSophie Mays4h 9m4.7 (344)$15 · $0.00
Blizzard ShowdownShirlee McCoy5h 16m4.6 (1.1K)$12 · $0.00
To Hold and ProtectSandra Owens7h 59m4.6 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
Arctic WitnessHeather Woodhaven5h 46m4.6 (985)$12 · $0.00
Following the TrailLynette Eason6h 35m4.6 (2.3K)$12 · $0.00
Defending from DangerJodie Bailey5h 46m4.6 (588)$24 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
Explosive RevengeMaggie K. Black6h 18m4.6 (545)$12 · $0.00
Her Brand of JusticeB.J. Daniels6h 48m4.6 (1.3K)$12 · $0.00
Search And DetectTerri Reed5h 51m4.6 (706)$24 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
Danger in the WildernessDarlene L. Turner6h 54m4.7 (299)$12 · $0.00
Yukon JusticeDana Mentink6h 15m4.6 (751)$12 · $0.00
The Rogue WarriorCindy Roland Anderson5h 44m4.6 (410)$17 · $0.00
Her Duty Bound DefenderSharee Stover6h 30m4.6 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
You may also like
The Paris ModelAlexandra Joel10h 30m4.1 (4.2K)$29 · $0.00
Snare of the HunterHelen MacInnes12h 16m4.0 (1.1K)$23
When We Left CubaChanel Cleeton11h 7m4.1 (57.4K)$23
The London Bookshop AffairLouise Fein10h 58m4.0 (7.7K)$29 · $0.00
Decision at DelphiHelen MacInnes19h 34m4.1 (3K)$30
THE SPY - A Tale of the Neutral Ground (Historical Novel)James Fenimore Cooper18h 21m3.7 (3.2K)$1.99 · $0.00
One Night in WinterSimon Sebag Montefiore13h 20m4.0 (7.7K)$33 · $0.00
The Ambassador's DaughterPam Jenoff11h 7m3.8 (16.1K)$29 · $0.00
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years LaterAlexandre Dumas77h 45m4.2 (16.5K)$12 · $0.00
The Berlin ApartmentBryn Turnbull9h 5m4.2 (3.6K)$29 · $0.00
The Glass OceanBeatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, Karen White13h 44m4.0 (26.9K)$33 · $0.00
Bliss, RememberedFrank Deford11h 45m3.9 (1.1K)$21 · $0.00
Dragonfly GirlMarti Leimbach10h 7m3.9 (1.2K)$29 · $0.00
Land of ShadowsPriscilla Royal6h 52m4.1 (511)$20
The Lord and the FrenchmanNeil S. Plakcy8h 24m4.1 (623) Only with Ultra
The Enemy's WeaknessQuinn Mercer9h 9m$5
The MisfitEllie Thomas3h 11m4.5 (26)$4.50 · $0.00
Girls of '64Emilie Benson Knipe, Alden Arthur Knipe8h$2 · $0.00
Trevlyn Hold A NovelMrs. Henry Wood19h 45m4.2 (20)$2.30
As a Man LivesE. Phillips Oppenheim7h 46m3.5 (41)$2 · $0.00