Scandal in our nation's capital is nothing new. But me at the center of it? That's the last thing I expect when I intern on Capitol Hill.

It starts when I fall for a man more dangerous than a politician.

I set my eyes on Luke, an underground-boxer-turned-entrepreneur who owns the restaurant where I wait tables.

With piercing eyes and a jawline that could cut steel, Luke's the most gorgeous man I've ever laid eyes on. He's also jaded, closed-off, and impossible to read. I never anticipate his split knuckles and compromised allegiances. I never expect the way he makes me feel everything at once, flipping my world upside down.

As my life intertwines with his, larger forces work to keep us apart.

Against a backdrop of threats and betrayals, secrets and desires, scandal never felt so good.

Or so dangerous.