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This novelette is the prequel to Kate’s Crucible: A Bleeding Kansas Novel.

Her entire life hangs on one choice. Will she make her own or submit to Mother’s?

Eighteen-year-old Kate Collins chafes against the problems plaguing 1854 America. The injustice of slavery and the unequal treatment of women burn in her heart, feeding her dream to lead social change. Kate desires an education at a new women’s college in order to prepare her to lead reform. But her mother plans to ship her off to Boston to pursue a husband. Kate must find a way to make her choice possible.