Annabelle Kapner is a producer for New Day USA, a morning news show. She provides the show with a segment titled American Ideals. They are basically feel good human interest stories. Her latest story to air is about Cosmetics Relief and how the money is being used to improve the lives of women and children in Fardistan, a part of the former Soviet Union. She receives mostly praise for the heart-warming story, but she keeps receiving mysterious phone calls that are sinister in nature. When Annie is told to do a follow-up on the Cosmetics Relief story, she jumps at the chance even if her motive is visiting her new boyfriend, Mark Thurber, in Washington, D.C. Little does Annie realize that what she is about to uncover leads her straight to a jail cell. How will she prove her innocence from behind bars?

Mark Thurber is the senior White House aide, the speechwriter for the Vice President, and he is considered one of the most eligible bachelors. He meets Annie on the set of New Day USA when he gives an interview. When Annie comes to D.C., he is thrilled to see her again. He decides to help her with a little background check into the head of the Cosmetics Relief organization. By the time he digs deep enough, Annie is already being taken into custody for violation of the Espionage Act. Mark is asked to lay low for a while to keep the media from dissecting his relationship with Annie and to keep the publicity away from the White House. Soon the scandal becomes known as Glossgate, and Mark has a decision to make. He must decide if it is more important to keep his job or to help Annie and find out the truth behind Glossgate. Which will he decide?

Jennifer Oko has created a spectacular story where a journalist goes to jail for trying to report the truth. The plot revolves around the power struggle to remain the top television station. The story is told from an insider's view and there are a lot of interesting details about the news process. The story has some strong and interesting secondary characters. A few of them are Faith Heide, the shopping addicted co-host of New Day USA; Galina, an inmate and Annabelle supporter; and Karen, Annie's best friend who works for the NIH. A reporter's job is to find the truth behind the story - not only the truth that is being presented, but also the one that is being GLOSSed over. GLOSS is a great example of a media hungry world latching onto the newest scandal to improve their ratings.