The Rowan ~ Anne McCaffrey

This is the first book in the Tower and Hive series. This book tells the story of Raven, orphaned as a young child and only discovered because of her talent. She is raised to be a tower prime, Rowan leads a lonely life, until an invasion of a colony planet, brings her to meet Jeff Raven, and drives her to over come some of the beliefs and phobias she has dealt with all her life.