Atomic Love

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What to expect

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The stunning novel about our fiercest loyalties, deepest desires and the power of forgiveness.

Chicago, 1950: Rosalind Porter is unfulfilled, heartbroken and angry.


Five years ago her career as a scientist was sabotaged by the man who also broke her heart: former Manhattan Project colleague Thomas Weaver.

Now, out of the blue, Thomas gets back in touch: he urgently needs to see her.

Rosalind is wary, can she let him back into her life and risk being hurt all over again?

But then someone changes her mind - FBI agent Charlie Szydlo.

He suspects Thomas of selling atomic secrets to Russia, and he needs her help to find out the truth.

But is it the truth about what Thomas might have done or the truth about his feelings for her that really matters? And at the back of her mind is Charlie - a good man whose pain she is drawn to healing.

Torn between two men, Rosalind faces a heartbreaking choice . . .

© Jennie Fields 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critics Review

  • Science, love, espionage, and a heroine who carves a strong path in the world of men. There is nothing left to want

    Ann Patchett
  • A highly-charged love story

    bestselling author of Where the Crawdads Sing
  • Brimming with espionage and passion, Atomic Love shines a light on the private lives of scientists involved with the Manhattan Project and the growing threat of nuclear Russia. Taut, atmospheric, and wholly immersive, Atomic Love is a thrilling read for historical fiction lovers

    New York Times bestselling author of Next Year in Havana
  • Atomic Love is so propulsive that ‘page-turner’ doesn’t do it justice…At the heart of it all is a brilliant, damaged woman determined to save herself and the whole human race. The world could not be in better hands

    author of Late Migrations
  • Atomic Love had me in its thrall from page one. How rewarding to follow these sympathetic, brilliantly drawn characters through their affairs of state and heart. Thank you, Jennie Fields, for this terrific, atmospheric, suspenseful and wholly gratifying read

    author of Then She Found Me and Good Riddance
  • A page-turning thriller that’s also an exploration of the competing pressures on women that still resonates today. This one goes to the top of your pile

    author of The Art Forger

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