He asked his wife to pretend to be less intelligent to make his powerful friends comfortable.
Now, she’s the intellectual powerhouse his donors are demanding he recruit.
Augustus “Curtis” Leavell is running for senator. His wife, Alexandria Hatch, a brilliant economist, was told her degrees made his old-money backers uneasy.
He asked her to play the smiling, silent wife, buying her expensive gifts instead of respect.
The final straw was at a debate watch party, where he shushed her. She left that night.
A year later, Curtis is floundering on policy. His biggest donor demands he secure an endorsement from the reclusive expert “A.L. Hatch,” whose new book is a bestseller.
The meeting is set. Curtis walks in to find Alexandria at the head of the table. A stranger, her publisher, introduces her as the visionary they need.
He must convince the woman he diminished to become his equal partner.
