On the surface, Anise seems to have it all: a successful career, a solid marriage, and good friends. However, when she applies for a promotion at work, she loses out to a white colleague who isn't qualified for the job. At the same time, she discovers that her husband is having an affair, and her best friend at work is keeping dangerous secrets. As plucky as she is determined, Anise discovers that she has the strength to deal with the heartbreak and in the end learns that what is worth having is worth the fight.

A winner of the prestigious Blackboard Fiction Book of the Year Award, Kimberla Lawson Roby is the author of the acclaimed novels A Taste of Reality (available as a Sound Library audiobook); Too Much of a Good Thing; Behind Closed Doors; Here and Now; Casting the First Stone; and It's a Thin Line. She lives in Rockford, Illinois.