A torrid love affair and a country on the brink of revolution mesmerize in this historical romance by the pseudonymous Morgan. It’s the early 1950s, and dutiful Florida wife Dorothy “Dimple” Duncan (who lives in a shabby bungalow “near Coral Gables, not in it”) joins her husband, Dallis, on a trip to Havana, where they embark on a risky business venture. Their local contact is handsome attorney Roberto Montero, who makes no secret of his attraction to Dorothy. When Dallis temporarily returns to the States, Roberto and Dorothy become lovers, but she’s shocked to discover that her charming lothario is the integral link between Cuba’s despotic president and Fidel Castro, the man planning on overthrowing him. The story is well researched with a solid narrative, and the dialogue is peppered with charming Southern affectations as elderly Dorothy recounts the shocking events of her younger life to her adult daughter. The author writes with a convincing familiarity, and her characters’ brief interactions with the likes of Lana Turner, Ernest Hemingway, Meyer Lansky, and Castro himself add historical authenticity to an irresistible drama. (BookLife)