International Romantic Intrigue. A Jane Anne Cutter book. This one has it all.
David Lynn, Pseud. ** Romantic Intrigue Fiction** A Jane Anne Cutter Book - Hassan Belvedere, Jamie Hudson and Jane Anne Cutter grew up together in Baltimore where lots of people work for the federal government. Hassan was a big good natured fellow who always wanted to be a government agent. Jamie was not as intent on becoming an agent but he became one anyway. Jane Anne couldn’t get either Hassan or Jamie to notice her much as they were growing up but when she ran into them again after college she had really blossomed. They ended up fast friends with each of the men secretly hoping for a chance to get closer to her. Then things started to happen. Jane Anne fell for Ali the first time she saw him. Little did any of them know that these three would end up involved in some of the wildest espionage cases in American history. And then there were some things that were most frustrating to Hassan but easily accepted by Jane Anne, the extra parts to each case that could not be explained.
Excerpt
About a month after Jane Anne left, Hassan’s boss called him into his office.
“You got relatives in Turkey, Belvedere?” Ross Burke asked. Burke was a big man. He thought of himself as a man’s man. He was 45 and single and the agency was his life.
“Sure, chief, I’ve got oodles of relatives there.”
“Any that you can live with?”
“Yes, sir. Plenty.”
“You speak Turkish, Belvedere?” Burke asked.
“Like a native, sir. Just like my Mom speaks it. She taught me from a baby.”
“Uhh. That’s probably one reason you were put on,” Burke added. “Oh yes, it says here,” he was looking at Hassan’s file by now, although how anyone could find anything on that desk was a mystery to all. “You speak English, Turkish and French. Where’d the French come from?”
“I learned it in college, and at Berlitz. I sort of wanted to be stationed in France some day, sir. I am also pretty good at Arabic,” Hassan added.
“Arabic? That ain’t in your file,” Burke said leaning back in his executive chair.
“Well, a fellow has to have some secrets,” Hassan joked lamely.
“Not in the DSS,” Burke shot back. “Anything else I should know about you, Belvedere?” Burke asked. “Any other languages, like maybe Chinese, or anything?”
“No sir. No more languages. At least not right now,” Hassan answered. “If I learn any more, I will tell you right away,” Hassan said.
“Well, the Arabic will also come in handy on this assignment,” Burke said.
The word ‘assignment’ rang in Hassan’s ears. “Assignment, sir, to Turkey?”
“Yep, you are now a field agent, Belvedere. Report to Opps in Istanbul by next Tuesday. Here study this file before you go and take this ticket to the control desk right now.” He handed Hassan his orders. Hassan picked them up quickly and carefully and eased out of the room before Burke changed his mind. Field Agent. He was a Field Agent already. Why, he bet that Burke had had this in mind all along. He studied the file there at the office. He knew that he could not take it out. He memorized all that he could and he was good at memorization.
That evening he called his aunt Fatma in Turkey and casually arranged for a family visit. He made up a story for his Mom about being a courier for the agency and made her promise not to tell. He arrived in Istanbul on schedule after a long drunk with his friend Jamie.
“You be sure to hug Jane Anne for me when you see her,” Jamie said.
“Sure will,” Hassan promised. But he never really expected to see her.
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