"The Queen Bee is a jealous queen ... if another queen emerges, She stings her to death..."

This is the story of Eva Avery, a beautiful and irresistible woman who considers it her royal prerogative to rule her husband and family. It is also the story of Jen, Eva's orphaned niece who comes to Eva's home in Atlanta and who learns that the Queen Bee

will not tolerate another queen in the hive.

For the handsome morose husband of the Queen Bee dares hope that with Jen he may know self-respect and even happiness. What

happens to him and to Jen in the house where Eva rules with malevolent grace makes a story of striking significance.

Eva Avery is a disturbing figure. Behind her expensively groomed charm lies calculating possessiveness--even destruction for those who oppose her. You will watch with fascination as she wreaks havoc on her tragic husband and children. Like Jen you will be

appalled at what she does to her young sister-in-law and by her attempt to spoil Jen's own happiness.

Few readers will fail to fall under her spell and none

will forget her--for everyone has known Eva Avery.

Edna Lee again proves herself a master of suspense. Her dissection of a typical American Queen Bee is both penetrating and engrossing.