Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for this ARC.

Dawn is a 53 year old Black widowed journalist. Dawn's husband Dale has died of cancer and she returns to her hometown Baltimore to give the ashes to his brother Brent. While there she realises some unresolved career problems coming up again when her nemesis Joe Perkins, also Black, is on the same plane. A movie is planned detailing his Pulitzer prize winning exposé - but he stole the research from her and now makes her out to be the villain.

A complicated story ensues involving her sister Tonyah, an old admirer called Eddie, a diva with the name of Vivienne St Clair, and young journalist Bria. For me, there were too many flashbacks and it took too long to get the proof Dawn needed to take Joe down and then everything happened at once at the end.

The story is told in first person narrative which I'm not sure is the correct one here. I couldn't really get on with this novel, it was too American for me, and it took me forever to read this, which is never a good sign. I expected more of a light-hearted rom-com, instead I got rivalry and revenge for previous and current wrongdoings plus family conflicts, and it wasn't the story I wanted to read. If you enjoy complex family relationships and strong protagonists wanting to right a wrong, this may be for you.