{"product_id":"laynie-portland-retired-spy-9781970120165","title":"Laynie Portland, Retired Spy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Retirement\" means something altogether different to a spy. It means someone in authority over you has decided that \"coming in from the cold\" is out of the question. \u003cem\u003eIt means you'd better run.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLAYNIE PORTLAND has masqueraded as Swedish citizen Linn a Olander for more than two decades, the last seven years as companion to Vassili Aleksandrovich Petroff, senior technology advisor to the Secretary of the Russian Federation's Security Council.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife as Petroff's mistress is lonely and difficult, even brutal, for Petroff has a pathological need to master what is \"his.\" But the woman Petroff knows as \"Linn a\" is not the compliant, deferential woman he believes her to be. She is Laynie Portland--\u003cem\u003espy extraordinaire\u003c\/em\u003e--and Laynie has stolen a wealth of secrets from Petroff and fed the treasure to her Marstead agency handlers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Petroff's abuse intensifies, Laynie fears for her life, and she petitions her agency to pull her out. Instead, her agency declares that she is too well-placed to decommission. Laynie is dismayed to learn that her Marstead chain of command would rather risk her death under Petroff's hand than lose the valuable intel she provides.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOut of options and faced with no viable alternative, \u003cem\u003eLaynie runs\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnraged by her betrayal, Petroff vows to capture and punish her, a certain death sentence. And when Laynie disobeys orders, Marstead issues her a \"retirement package\"--a short walk off the deck of a ferry into the icy black rollers of the Baltic Sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursued by Russian assassins and hunted by her own agency, Laynie scrambles, fights, and claws her way toward freedom--although she knows that it is only a matter of time before her pursuers overtake her. Desperate and despairing, Laynie is stunned to sense a higher presence at work, acting on her behalf. Could it be the God in whom her sister, Kari, trusts?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo. Why would he help me\u003c\/em\u003e, Laynie asks herself, \u003cem\u003egiven the life I have lived?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaynie Portland\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 1: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eLaynie Portland, Spy Rising--The Prequel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook 2: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Laynie Portland, Retired Spy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBook 3: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Laynie Portland, Renegade Spy \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBook 4: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Laynie Portland, Spy Resurrected\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e06.02.2020\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Faith-Filled Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50433843953938,"sku":"9781970120165","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da417e50-1533-4721-b744-05622a325dd6.jpg?v=1729587175","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/laynie-portland-retired-spy-9781970120165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}