Headlines Between Us Book One of the Dynasty of Ash and Vows Series In the Federal Republic of Carrington, power is inherited, loyalty is tested, and love is never private. Isabella Calloway has spent her entire life under the spotlight. As the daughter of Senator Adrian Calloway, she was raised to be composed, careful, and untouchable. Scandal is something other families survive. Not hers. Julian Hale was raised differently. As the son of Governor Eleanor Hale, he learned early that power hides its secrets well. His mother once walked away from the Calloway dynasty after suspecting something unforgivable buried beneath their polished legacy. Now, twenty years later, a custody battle and a national youth leadership summit force their children into the same room. What begins as guarded conversation turns into something far more dangerous. Attraction. Curiosity. Trust. But when old financial records resurface and a sealed investigation threatens to reopen, their connection becomes political ammunition. The press calls it strategy. Their parents call it a mistake. The truth might destroy two political dynasties. Or it might destroy them first. Because in Carrington, love does not exist outside of power. And some secrets were never meant to be uncovered.