Two young Black women Nella and Hazel meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. While working together at Wagner Books, they've only just started swapping natural hair care tips when a string of uncomfortable events elevates Hazel to office darling and leaves Nella in the dust, then the notes begin to appear on Nella's desk: LEAVE WAGNER. NOW.                                                                                         It's hard to believe Hazel is behind these hostile messages nut as Nella starts to spiral and obsess over the sinister forces to play, she soon realizes that there's a lot more at stake than jus her career. Having joined Wagner Books to honor the legacy of Burning Heart, a novel written and edited by two Black women she had thought that this animosity was relic of the past. Is Nella ready to take on the fight of a new generation?