When Cleo Henderson divorces with a small son to support, she seeks a job as a healthcare worker. She is assigned to Zackary Hughes, an elderly white supremacist. Zachary is a complaining, gravelly voiced curmudgeon who requested a white woman, he is taken aback when Cleo shows up on the first day. Forever hopeful, Cleo works hard to help the old man. Soon she meets Clarence Delacroix. They marry, tragedy follows. Angus Dunne, the grocery boy, always lurking in the background, takes center stage when he meets a green-eyed beauty and faces down some long-held beliefs. The Color of Hope is filled with fascinating characters who all struggle with the fast- moving social changes of the second decade in the 21st Century.