Working in the Dark - Book Description

A Brassy Novel that Deals with Black-on-Black Conflict in the Workplace

Charvette Lee is an African-American woman whom many of us can relate to. Armed with a college degree, brains, and seven years of professional experience, she quickly learns that life is not always fair in corporate America after she is offered a promotion without a commensurate salary.

In her struggle to climb the corporate ladder and build a successful career in the telecommunications field, Charvette encounters just as much opposition, if not more, from her black female co-workers as from her white co-workers. The office politics, back-biting, unscrupulous sex, and glass-ceiling tactics, are the barriers that threaten her career and overwhelm her to the point of wanting to quit the very job that undermines her, yet keeps a roof over her head and food on her table.

In the midst of trying to survive in a hostile workplace that leaves her stressed out, she is tempted to submit to a relationship that satisfies her libido but robs her of all that she deserves.

Working in the Dark is a well-timed novel that boldly addresses black-on-black conflict in the workplace and the importance of setting standards in all relationships. In doing so, it teaches us that discrimination is not always a black-and-white issue and that integrity is everything.

A Note from the Author:

In writing Working in the Dark, I wanted to address the everyday issues and complaints that we, as African-American women relentlessly gripe about in the workplace. Not only do we complain about the opposition and conflict that we encounter from our white co-workers, but we complain more incessantly about our black female co-workers and how it is sometimes impossible to work and get along with each other.

Working in the Dark is my first novel targeted at the African-American market as a whole. Although it is dominated by female characters, it is not gender specific …the male characters in this novel are strong, sensitive and intelligent men that women would admire and men would be proud of. Regardless of your gender, this is a novel that you will either find yourself in or [that] co-worker on your job.