Forced apart, two lovers must battle a world fueled by money and power. Emma Madding walks up to the door of a remote waterfront cliff house in upstate New York, and into the life of recluse Benjamin Stark. A typewriter girl, she is hired to transcribe his weathered journal and the memories his scarred hand can no longer write down. Stark is a rugged adventurer now back from the Klondike Gold Rush, where he found gold and tragedy, too. With the public hungry for gold rush stories and guidebooks, he agrees to chronicle his adventures. But for Emma and Benjamin, working together draws emotions that neither can allow. Benjamin tries not to love Emma, for the truth of his past will drive her away. Emma longs for love, but she has her own secret. Love conquers, but cannot protect. Forced apart, the two lovers must battle a world fueled by money and power.

Runaway Hearts

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The Journal of Benjamin Stark

I rose early and started to work before anyone else was up. When I dressed in the morning, my shirts smelled like the air that she breathed when she pulled them down from the line. Sadie got in the habit of filling a tin with some...













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The Journal of Benjamin Stark

I rose early and started to work before anyone else was up. When I dressed in the morning, my shirts smelled like the air that she breathed when she pulled them down from the line. Sadie got in the habit of filling a tin with some...

Chapter 10

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30