


How hard could it be?īut Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. So when she overhears her boss complaining about a beastly high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Isabelle sees an opportunity to finally get the promotion she deserves.Īll she has to do is go to the author’s Santa Barbara mansion and give him a pep talk or three. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life.

When she first began her career in publishing after college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, still living at home, and one of the few Black employees at her publishing house. Sometimes to truly know a person, you have to read between the lines.
