The Women of Arlington Hall

In 1947, Catherine "Cat" Killeen calls off her wedding. The Radcliffe graduate no longer wants the life laid out for her, and she wants a challenge. When her professor points her toward a confidential military project, she travels to Virginia.

Cat has studied cryptoanalysis, which gives her a head start at Arlington Hall, where she joins the women known as the "government girls". The work is aimed at identifying Soviet spies who have infiltrated the United States. Her superiors come to respect her, and she makes friends among her colleagues.

On a night out in Washington, DC, she meets Jonathan Dardis again. He is her old Harvard rival, arrogant and privileged, and now a newly minted FBI agent. Their rivalry carries an attraction that grows as sharp as the competition.

Both want the same result for their country, and together they move deeper into the world of espionage. This historical novel is set in the early Cold War and mixes code work with romance. As the codebreaking operation raises its stakes, secrecy tightens around Cat, and her feelings for Jonathan make every risk personal.