In an attempt to escape her scandalous past, newspaper journalist Rachel Reynolds is busy making a home and career in the quietest town she can find. Her hard-earned normal life is shattered when she meets Ethan Butler, a state legislator who plans to restore his family's tarnished reputation by being Virginia's next governor.Their attraction is instant, inescapable - and what begins as a weekend fling flames into an all-consuming passion. But when Rachel's sordid past becomes a threat to Ethan's political future, the rising star must choose between his thirst for victory and his feelings for Rachel. And Rachel doesn't want to endure another scandal. Or does she?