inquisitive reporter who adopts a boy from war-torn Sarajevo while reporting from there. Throughout the novel, Oliver appears to have several affairs, and soon Senator Davis announces plans to make him the President of the United States. Leslie soon acquires the Washington Tribune, a large media conglomerate also employing Dana. Oliver becomes the President, and Leslie uses her media empire to slander his name by pushing several stories critical of him (including one about his affairs) to the front page. However, soon into Oliver's first term, a young woman is found dead in the penthouse suite of a luxury hotel in Washington D.C., and Ecstasy is found in her system during the autopsy. The death is soon linked to him by several pieces of evidence, including a blackmail note from a clerk for the hotel and the lack of an alibi presented by Oliver. A cover-up ensues, and two witnesses and a reporter from the Washington Tribune are killed, causing Dana to take on the story. Leslie forces a story detailing the murders and the fact that a warrant has been taken out against the President to the front page of the paper, but it is then unveiled that Peter Tager is, in fact, behind the liquid Ecstasy deaths, as well as the cover-up of the young woman's murder. Oliver is revealed to have been hiding an affair with the wife of the Italian Ambassador, explaining his lack of an alibi. Meanwhile, Oliver has to handle the U.S.'s response to Libyan purchases of armaments, as well as a peace deal being offered by the United Arab Emirates regarding the Arab nations and Israel. Senator Davis opposes the deal due to his oil interests, and threatens Oliver to not go through with the peace deal. The book ends with Oliver following through with the peace deal among the Arab Nations and Israel, while Leslie is left shocked and embarrassed by a mistake her media empire will never be able to live down. Main Characters Oliver Russell — a handsome, charismatic attorney who goes on to become the governor of Kentucky, then the President of the United States, with the help of the Senator. Leslie Chambers (née Stewart) — the jilted fiancée of Oliver, she vows to take revenge on Oliver for leaving her. She goes on to marry a magnate named Henry Chambers, who soon passes away from health issues, and