"You are not disposable just because you've done something someone else thinks is despicable." 

When Dr. Francine Carty imagined becoming a tenured professor at one of Philadelphia's most revered institutions of higher learning, she never considered just how winding the road to fulfilling her dream would be. The financial and psychological hardships she experiences as an adjunct professor seem to have made those dreams mere fantasies and she is forced to take on a side-hustle that, if found out, could ruin her reputation forever. Complicating matters is her on-again, off-again relationship with a handsome but annoying colleague. 

Taking advantage of a moment of clarity, Francine lands the opportunity of lifetime—a research fellowship to Accra, Ghana sponsored by a secret global network of highly successful Black women. But calamity awaits as she learns just how low she can fall—at home and abroad. With the help of an intriguing stranger, Francine tries to climb out of the muck of her own making when she returns stateside. 

Will she have to give up the life she envisioned? Which of her relationships will survive the fall out?