An Unforgettable Lady
Chapter One
chapter 1
John Smith checked his watch and looked around the Plaza Hotel’s ballroom.
Things were going well. According to the report that had just come over his earpiece, the ambassador’s plane had landed safely at La Guardia and the man would be arriving at the party on time.
Smith’s eyes passed over the glittering crowd. It was the same kind of flashy scene that always revolved around $5,000-a-plate dinners. Women in jewels and long gowns, men in tuxedos, the collective net worth of the room up into the stratosphere. In the midst of the shifting throng, deals were being made, affairs were getting started, and social slights were exchanged with smiles. The place was choked with air kisses and hand pumping.
Underneath the chandeliers in the elegant ballroom, the whole lot of them looked as if they had the world by the throat. Smith knew better. He’d been hired by quite a few, had learned their dirty secrets and their h ... read full excerpt from An Unforgettable Lady ebook
