Rebel: Women Who Dare Audiobook (Free)

The first novel in USA Today Bestselling Author Beverly Jenkins’s compelling new series follows a Northern woman south in the chaotic aftermath from the Civil War .

Valinda Lacey’s objective in the steamy center of New Orleans is to help the newly emancipated community survive and flourish. But shortly she discovers that here, freedom can also indicate risk. When thugs demolish the school she gets set up and focus on her, Valinda operates on her behalf life-and directly into the hands of Captain Drake LeVeq.

As an architect from a vintage New Orleans family, Drake includes a deeply personal fascination with rebuilding the town. Raised by solid women, he identifies Valinda’s perseverance. And he can’t prevent admiring-or wanting-her. However when Valinda’s father demands she come back house to marry a man she doesn’t love, her daring rebellion draws Drake into an amazing intrigue.