Tish Woodward, a young inexperienced newspaper reporter, finds she is quickly out of her depth when a political assassination thrusts her into investigating the new president-elect, who himself is not ready for prime time.

She slowly learns the ways of Washington's political insider game, but she is never comfortable trying to play the style of hardball that is served up daily.

This fast-paced thriller from the author of the 2016 Amazon bestseller "Naked Ambition," explores how a sincere young woman gradually comes to terms with the nation's ugly political realities. She struggles with her insecurities trying to fit into a culture she is certain she does not belong. And as she investigates the assassination, she makes a startling and embarrassing discovery that could reveal the identity of the assassin and alter the course of her life. But only if she can manage, somehow, to stay alive.