The Runaway Heart — Kathleen Robinson

"DAD, I'M LEAVING -- AND I'M NOT COMING BACK!"

When Vivian made that aching decision she found herself completely alone in a strangely hostile world.

But she couldn't live in the same house with her father's wife. She couldn't let herself be smothered by her stepmother.

She needed time. Time to find her own way -- time to find her own love.

And she meant to buy that time at any price ....