Jennifer Holder
Torn between duty and freedom, eighteen-year-old Annabelle Manning faces restricted choices as she seeks a future in which she is true to herself above all.
It's 1858 and Annabelle Manning's life is as divided as America itself. After sabotaging Papa at the debutante ball near his plantation in South Carolina, she travels North to spend the summer in New York plotting how to never return. With the help of social activists in her family's circle, and the stories of one young man's Western adventures in particular, she just might create a life of her own choosing. But is it even possible? Find out in Book 1 of "The Queen Bee" series.