title: Neda Phrend
author: Kuhnke, Jean L
description: Raised to be a pampered socialite, Adelle  Brentmore only had one friend her mother  approve of, and that was because Eleanor was so far beneath their social class she was sure Adelle would drop her soon enough.  Instead, she clung to Ellie and a new girl she met at finishing school.  Addie began to realize everything her mother told her, was  intended to manipulate her into a marriage that would benefit her parents financially.
  Addie escaped the clutches of the first man her parents chose as husband material by becoming ill.  It was then that she and her friends knew that her parents were not looking out for her best interests.
  She was prepared for the second man, but didn't expect she would become a prisoner in her own home.  Escaping and avoiding capture became her only chance of survival.