Politics of Passion — Samantha Hughes

With her elegant Nordic beauty Helga Tarr looked as though she were born to play a leading part in Washington's high society. Her Minnesota law firm had sent her to the Capitol. A legal secretary, she now had the chance to begin again, to study law...to explore the emotions she'd tried to escape.

It seemed like fate when she met the charismatic stranger on the banks of the Potomac. She knew his heart before she knew his name. Texas congressman and presidential aspirant Sam McCalahan generated enough electricity to light up the Capitol -- and to ignite a high-voltage affair no amount of discretion could hide. But how could so very private a person as Helga become involved with so very public a figure? Could she choose between Sam and her precious solitude...between a passion for privacy -- and love in the limelight of the political arena?