Liz Dougherty had no idea that one single question would change her life. Her first big reporting assignment, for a North Carolina college student newspaper, was about a state senator's impromptu press conference.

Brady Maxwell had everything it took to be a politician—a winning pedigree, a killer good looks , a body meant to wear suits, but his politics drew a snide remark from Liz. Liz's hard-hitting question took the quickly promoted senator by surprise, and Hayden Lane, Liz's editor, was so impressed that he realized Liz was destined for a promising career as a reporter.

But Liz plunged into a secret affair with Brady that could completely destroy them career. Although he was listed as an eligible bachelor, as a result of his flirtations with the reporter, potential voters could express a quota of distrust in him. Liz began to have doubts about whether she should continue the “secret relationship,” especially considering that the relationship with Hayden was not developing in a platonic direction.