By the book / Guillory, Jasmine

Overworked and underpaid, twenty-five-year-old Isabelle is struggling find satisfaction in her job as one of the few Black employees at her publishing house. But when she overhears her boss talking about a high-profile author who has failed to deliver his long-awaited manuscript, Izzy sees it as her chance to prove herself and finally get a promotion. She is sent to California to convince him to finish the book, but Beau Towers is nothing like she expected. He may be standoffish, but Izzy realizes that he may be the only one who really understands her problems in the publishing industry. As Izzy and Beau discover they have more and more in common, they find themselves falling for each other.

"Isabelle is completely lost. When she first began her career in publishing right out of college, she did not expect to be twenty-five, living at home, still an editorial assistant, and the only Black employee at her publishing house. Overworked and underpaid, constantly torn between speaking up or stifling herself, Izzy thinks there must be more to this publishing life. 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. All she has to do is go to the author's Santa Barbara mansion and give him a quick pep talk or three. How hard could it be? But Izzy quickly finds out she is in over her head. Beau Towers is not some celebrity lightweight writing a tell-all memoir. He is jaded and withdrawn and--it turns out--just as lost as Izzy. But despite his standoffishness, Izzy needs Beau to deliver, and with her encouragement, his story begins to spill onto the page. They soon discover they have more in common than either of them expected, and as their deadline nears, Izzy and Beau begin to realize there may be something there that wasn't there before"--Provided by publisher.