Accompanying a future famous actress from her Wichita home to New York, chaperone Cora Carlisle shares a life-changing five-week period with her ambitious teenage charge during which she discovers the promise of the 20th century and her own purpose in life.

African American Historical Fiction novel set during the "Era of Great American Madness!" Cotton Club Princess is a coming-of-age tale that uses the suspense and romance of the Harlem Renaissance, The Great Migration, and the Jazz Age to bring to life the 1920's-1930's in the world's most famous speakeasy. Mob Bosses, such as Madame Stephanie St. Clair, Bumpy Johnson, and Dutch Schultz battle for Harlem policy banks while the talented elite, such...