The First Mistress

Political Thriller

The firebrand Cuban mistress of the Vice President of the United States finds her world unravel into intrigue and catastrophe when the President of the United States is assassinated and throws a reluctant Vice President into a job he never wanted. She’s left alone with forces that threaten everything she loves - her family, her country, her President.

In the vein of French Lieutenant’s Woman: two stories run concurrently: The present-day story parallels the true-life story of Simon Bolivar and his mistress Manuela Saenz.  The same lead actors in both stories. The Bolivar/Manuela story tracks a love story of the man who freed a continent five-times the size of the United States from the most powerful army on the face of the Earth, traversing the 14,000 ft Andes with a tattered band of thrown-together’s – and the woman who inspired, challenged and made it all possible.