Explore the younger days of the X-Men's most controversial member, collected in a convenient digest size! Finally free from her overbearing father, Emma Frost is on her own for the very first time. She's found love - but she's also found trouble, as her new boyfriend is in deep with the Boston mob! As Emma learns more "creative" ways of using her newfound telepathic abilities, will it be enough to help her escape the grasp of the criminal underworld?

Emma's fought her family, the Boston mob and her own boyfriend - and won Now, the young mutant sets her sights on the Big Apple and Empire State University, where she becomes extremely friendly with another, more experienced telepath. But is this relationship entirely healthy? It might not be for Ian Kendall, the teacher Emma's infatuated with...whose life is suddenly turned upside down. With the love of her life on trial for his job, what is Emma willing to do to save him? Don't miss the ultimate telepathic catfight... Collects Emma Frost #13-18.