Runaway Romance

Can a young woman living during the California Gold Rush find deliverance from her mother's abusive control and freedom to follow her heart? Eighteen-year-old Abigail Marie Clothier refuses to get married. Her passionate desire to teach children in a mining community nestled in the hills of northern California during the California Gold Rush empowers her to defeat formidable circumstances. Abby's mother threatens to disown her if she refuses to marry Senator Thomas Wyndham of Buffalo, New Y...