Jill Bergland is an all-purpose reporter for the Record, a
small, local newspaper serving the mill town of Granby,
Rhode Island. While enjoying breakfast in the restaurant of
a dive motel on the outskirts of Granby, she sees the
city’s upstanding mayor emerge from one of the rooms just a
few steps ahead of a scarily handsome young man. What was
the mayor doing in the town’s infamous no-tell motel with a
gorgeous blond stud? If she finds out, she can imagine a
front page by-line for herself.
She’s not the only reporter on the story. Thanks to a tip,
Griffin Parker of the Providence Journal has been chasing
that handsome young man—a pimp reputed to be blackmailing
wealthy johns. When Griffin’s path crosses with Jill, they
both know they need to keep their distance in order to get
their stories into print. Yet they keep running into each
other—at press conferences, at stake-outs.
Both of them want to get the story first. Both of them are
ambitious enough to sabotage their competition. But the
real headline is that they’re falling in love—and how can
you love someone you can’t trust?