Dan Mercer stands accused of being a sexual predator thanks to the ambush journalism of Wendy Tynes, a tabloid TV reporter, who must cope with her husband's death caused by a drunken driver as well as reckon with the possibility of Mercer's innocence. When Tynes finds a link between a father of one of Mercer's alleged victims and others felled by scandal, she could become a killer's next victim.

After 17 years of marriage a mother of four decides to put some spark in her life and returns to her old job of photojournalist. The novel describes her adventures and romance with a Wall Street billionaire.