Eve Dalton and Daniel Cameron meet at a fund-raiser.  An instant attraction springs between them.  When Eve learns that Daniel is a senator, one whom will surely one day run for the country's highest office, she shuns him.  She resists his every overture, until finally she can resist his pleas for a simple dinner no longer. 

Daniel Cameron, an up and coming senator, has plans to go all the way.  He knows he can make a difference for his state, his country.  He digs into Eve's background to find discover why she is so adamant against going out with him.  When he realizes that she is the daughter of former senator Evelyn Dalton, who was assassinated during a presidential race, he thinks he understands.

He confronts Eve with what he learns and she admits the truth to him:  she will not allow herself to love someone who can be taken from her in an instant of madness as her mother was.

Daniel knows he and Eve have something special together.  Can he convince her to take a risk on them ... And on love?