He has a pristine reputation to protect.
She has a headline to hunt.
Senator Charles Kingston is known as "Senator Straight," the golden boy of Washington D.C. with a flawless record and a focus-grouped smile. But beneath the polished exterior lies a twenty-year-old secret buried in a forgotten rural county - a secret he will do anything to keep hidden.
When he realizes a tenacious reporter is digging into his past, he knows he can't just silence her; he has to control her. Margaret, a seasoned investigative journalist, lives to expose the corruption of the powerful. When she uncovers a suspicious land deal from Charles's youth, she knows she's found the crack in his armor.
But when Charles confronts her, the friction isn't just professional - it's dangerously personal. Instead of backing down, Charles makes a stunning move: he hires her. Now embedded in his campaign, Margaret finds her objectivity shattering under Charles's unexpected vulnerability and magnetic intensity. As their rivalry ignites into a forbidden affair, a ruthless opponent threatens to destroy them both with blackmail. Margaret must decide if exposing the truth is worth sacrificing the man she was supposed to destroy, or if saving him means becoming the very thing she despises.
