Working Class Heros

[namericanwordcat]

My new fun craving since reading
See the list I have going so far!
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/36...

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

Cool! I like working class heroes as well.

[namericanwordcat]

I realize there aren't as many in contemporary as I would like!

[Fil]

Great List...I voted!

[namericanwordcat]

Thanks! Feed me! :)

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I am wracking my brain. Jackson Rule is working class, from what I remember. He was in prison most of his life.

[namericanwordcat]

I love that book. I know this should be way easier, right?

[Elizabeth]

Truly inspired topic, and depressing to think how few working class heroes one finds in the romance genre (considering the vast output). I personally loathe all those BDSM gazillionaires, not to mention I thoroughly suspect the rise and popularity of such neo-liberal capitalist fantasies. Now, if we are talking about working class men who remain working class troughout, then, I fear, the list would have to be narrowed further.
Dillon, in Anne Stuart's 'Into the Fire', comes immediately to mind. He was from the 'wrong side of the tracks', done bird, and is (when the story begins and remains throughout) a car mechanic in a backwater junk yard of a town. His social life, playing cards with a couple of guys and going to AA meetings. He takes pride in the fact that he's self-employed and can pay the bills. The whole story is a nice specimen of modern working class 'gothic' romance. Not for those who are squeamish about men who would not hesitate to manipulate a situation to spend a few more days with the heroine, and create opportunities for some hot shag@ing along the way.

[Ame]

What exactly is classified as Working Class hero?

Could it be Ty from .. a mechanic/out on parole?

Or Tate from the same series ... a bartender/bounty hunter

Gray from ... a farmer/cowboy?

And most of Lorelei James's Rough Riders heros are cowboys?


Or am I misunderstanding the concept? (not American)

[Angie Elle]

Ame wrote: "What exactly is classified as Working Class hero?

Could it be Ty from .. a mechanic/out on parole?

Or Tate from the same series ... ..."

I was going to recommend Lady Luck, too! One of my favorites! :)

[Angie Elle]

[Pamela(AllHoney), Danger Zone]

Working class is often blue collar jobs, right?

Blue collar jobs are those that perform manual labor, such as construction, maintenance, mining, etc...

Whereas white collar jobs are in an office environment.

[Lauren]

Some of Lisa Kleypas's heroes start out working class but end up very wealthy:

Simon in worked for a baker or butcher?
Cam in worked in a casino
Matthew in was a servant

[namericanwordcat]

Right, working class also means in the trades rather and an office environment. The term blue collar is used here as well.

I think I am most interested in the hero and heroine not being rich. Middle Class and Working Class.

I think it is in Lady Luck, where the couple actually has a talk about money. I love KA books and I think the Sweet Dreams really deals with working class issues. So, I love them and many of her books would count. However, there is a huge dose of fantasy in the these books as well. I think in Lady Lucky (love this book), he plays poker to bring in huge influxes of cash.

In After Hours, he is an orderly and she is a nurse. A just starting out nurse. He owns a home which is paid off but its because they live in the Rust Belt where things are much cheaper.

I really love KA Law Man's for the heroine's job. She sells mattresses and is very good at it. Her worklife is real and thats compelling and it shapes the book.

I love the fantasy element of not having to think about money or in some cases work in many romances.

However, I sometimes crave the wonderful elements real work (of any kind) and living within the confines of a budget give a story.

[Danielle The Book Huntress , Loves 'Em Lethal]

I like H/h's who keep themselves busy and know the value of money. Rich heroes who think they can buy anything tend to annoy me. On the other hand, I don't want them to be starving and about to be evicted.

[Sandra]

Working class heroes get their muscles the hard way...honest, hard work involving lots of sweat usually...never see the inside of a gym. Love those guys!