The First Affair, Emma McLaughlin
The First Affair, Emma McLaughlin
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The First Affair

Author: Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus

Narrator: Emily Sutton-Smith

Unabridged: 8 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2013

Categories: Fiction, Political, Women


Synopsis

I was twenty-two years old and only three weeks out of college.
I thought my whole life was beginning.…
Then he kissed me.Jamie McAlister has resigned herself to the fact that in this job market, her painfully expensive degree might only get her a position at Starbucks, when she suddenly lands a prestigious internship at the White House. Although she doesn’t hit it off with the other interns—lockjaws who come from so much money that ten weeks without a paycheck doesn’t faze them—she is eager to work hard and make the best of the opportunity while it lasts.

An unexpected encounter late one evening with the charismatic President Gregory Rutland seems like just a fleeting flirtation, but when he orchestrates clandestine meetings and late-night phone calls, their relationship quickly escalates. Jamie knows what she is doing is wrong: he’s married, he has kids, he’s the President. Yet each time she tries to extricate herself, Greg pulls her back in.

With the conflicted desires of the most powerful man in the world driving her to her breaking point, Jamie can’t help but divulge intimate details to those closest to her. But she must have confided in the wrong person, because she soon finds herself, and everyone she cares about, facing calculated public destruction at the hands of Greg’s political enemies, and—perhaps no matter how much he cares about her—at the hands of Greg himself.

About Emma McLaughlin

Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus are the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nanny Diaries, Citizen Girl, Dedication, Nanny Returns, and their young adult novels, The Real Real and Over You. They work together in New York City.

About Nicola Kraus

Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus are the New York Times bestselling authors of The Nanny Diaries, Citizen Girl, Dedication, Nanny Returns, and their young adult novels, The Real Real and Over You. They work together in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Robert on August 16, 2013

If you haven’t met an Erica McAlister in your life, then you should consider yourself a lucky bastard. You can whistle a lovely tune, as you march down to The White House, roll around on the eagle’s wings in the Oval Office, and then high-five the Secret Service—the guys with the earpieces and dark......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on October 02, 2013

Why oh why do I bother with any more of these authors' books?? I feel like they write a complete book and then delete every 5th paragraph. I never can quite figure out what is going on. Despite a decent premise (White House intern meets the president, starts an affair and then gets demoted/transferr......more

Goodreads review by Gaele on August 27, 2013

I really wanted to like this story, I’ve read Between You and Me by the same author team, and I had high hopes for this book. But, I found several issues that disappointed me beyond the usual ‘hope’ I have for a story. Initially, this book reads far more like a ‘what if’ retelling of the Monica Lewin......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on July 07, 2013

I loved this novel! I know, I know, it WAS Monica Lewinsky-esque, but how could it not? A young intern, a charismatic President, a dark hallway...you get the picture. Perfect vacation read.......more

Goodreads review by Virginia on June 10, 2013

I received this book through Bookbrowse First Impressions. I would like to give this book two ratings – one rating for Part 1 of the book and a different rating for the remainder. I have no idea how the two authors collaborated on writing the book (and this most likely has nothing to do with my prob......more