title: Alyssa Deane
author: Brown, Kitt
description: The ruggedness of the Western Frontier.
  The romance of the California Theater.
  
  Alyssa Deane had been forced by her vain and selfish actress mother to masquerade as a boy on the wagon trip west.
  
  But it was not until she became aware of Matt, a young theatrical producer, that she knew the pangs of first love. How could she, disguised as Freddie, let Matt know how she felt?
  
  And even if Matt discovered who she really was, her jealous mother was determined to keep them apart....