Middle age hits hard for Karen Grace. She's spent her entire career working for one corporation, an increasingly soul-sucking health insurance company in southern California. Nearing the big five-oh, Karen's marriage is foundering and her mother's health is declining. All she has left is her work family, the employees she's mentored and nurtured over the years. When a young corporate gunslinger arrives, determined to fire them all and shut down the Newport Beach office, Karen goes to war. California Blues is the novella-length prequel to the empowering, uplifting Karen Grace/Blues series.