From the author of The Fifth Avenue Artists Society comes this
unforgettable historical novel based on the founding of the country's
first sororities.
Illinois, 1881: Whitsitt College sophomore Beth Carrington has two goals
to fulfill by the time she graduates: obtain a medical degree, and
establish a women's fraternity, Beta Xi Beta, that will help young women
like herself to connect with and support one another while attending the
male-dominated Whitsitt.
Neither is an easy task. The sole female student in the physicians'
program, Beth is constantly called out by her professors and peers for
having the audacity not to concentrate on a more "fitting" subject like
secretarial studies. Meanwhile, secret organizations are off-limits, and
simply by crowding together in a dank basement room and creating a sense
of camaraderie, she and her small group of fraternity sisters risk
expulsion.
In order to have the fraternity recognized, she knows she needs help.
She turns to the most powerful student on campus: senior Grant
Richardson, Iota Gamma fraternity president and the scion of a Whitsitt
family--a man she's only acquainted with because of her longstanding
friendship with his fraternity brother Will Buchannan. Staunchly
traditional, Grant doesn't see the purpose of this women's organization,
but captivated by Beth, he agrees to give her a helping hand. What she
doesn't know is how many will stop at nothing to keep her burgeoning
organization out of the record books--and who she can actually trust
along the way.
As Beth fights for her beloved Beta Xi Beta to be recognized, she will
uncover deep secrets about the college and those who surround her, and
will have to put both love and friendship on the line so that history
can be made.
