Still Waters — Jill Giencke

Reporter Lauren Sterling receives a tip about an environmental time bomb in her town, and though it's the scoop of a lifetime, it may very well cost her a lot more than she'd bargained for.

When reporter Lauren Sterling is summoned to a secret meeting by Alderman Ross Whitson, she is intrigued. In a small town like Oakwood, local news rarely gets more exciting than the monthly city council sessions, but Ross hints of a major scandal. If what he says is true, pristine Oakwood may be sitting on an environmental time bomb, and it is up to Lauren to uncover the facts.

Working with Oakwood's youngest Alderman certainly has its perks. Ross is not your typical stuffed-shirt politician; he's honest, committed, and, coincidentally, gorgeous. Lauren wouldn't mind writing a happy ending for the two of them, but she must maintain her reporter's objectivity. Is Ross telling her the whole story about his uncle's company? Could he have ulterior motives? Lauren finally digs up the disturbing truth about Whitson, Incorporated, and it's the scoop of a lifetime. But it might cost her her life!