Blue Collar Blues Author:Rosalyn McMillan One of Detroit's biggest auto manufacturers, Champion Motors is a world divided between white collar and blue collar -- and ruled by the law of overtime. Everyone hungers to be a "white collar" worker with more money... someone who can -- make and take -- the most out of life... — Thyme Tyler - Educated and ambitious, she is the industry's only f... more »emale African American plant manager. For her there is no compromise when it comes to her job -- or her love for her white husband, Cy, a company executive. But her struggle to gain complete professional parity will reveal the bitterest of betrayals, and force her to risk the one thing she values above all else...
Ron Davis - The plant's fiery union leader, he protects his people and stays cool even at ground zero of red-hot labor unrest. Yet his refusal to confront his failings will throw his private life into a firestorm where the only way out promises heartbreaking loss...
Khan Davis - Ron's brilliant feisty niece, she left college behind for the lure of big money at Champion -- and the temptations of an irresistibly sensual older lover. Fate surprises her, forcing her to decide what matters most --and what she really needs...
R.C. Richardson - Champion's biggest car dealer, he built his fortune and won his spirited Japanese/African wife, Tomiko, through breathtaking risks and long-shot schemes. Now his lust for the big win -- and Khan's body -- is pushing him dangerously close to losing it all...« less