Essence bestselling author Donna Hill brings us an emotional love story set against the powerful backdrop of the civil rights movement that gripped a nationJason Tanner, protégé of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., has been sent by his mentor to New York City to spread the message of passive resistance. In Harlem, the Northern mecca of Black culture, spoken-word artist Anita Hopkins follows the teachings of Malcolm X, in word and in deed. When Jason goes to the iconic B-Flat lounge and sees Anita perform her beat poetry, he¹s transfixed. Her passion for what she believes runs as deep as his. And Anita has never met anyone who can match her wit for wit like Jason can. But their scorching desire for each other clashes with their fundamentally opposed beliefs until the same world they are trying to change rips them apart.