The first female president of the United States? Senator Alison Bowman has what it takes -- intelligence, grace and an unstained character. Almost. Because, now, at the height of her career, someone has gotten hold of a lurid videotape that proves she has had an affair.Washington lawyer Steve Bentley agrees to help Alison. But before he can act, the blackmailer is killed -- and it looks as though the Senator is resposible. Steve is forced to do a clean-up job that leaves him wracked with suspicion and guilty knowledge. Suddenly, he has become a pawn in a game whose players will commit any act in order to win, whether it be blackmail, perjury -- or murder.