Chapter 1: The Editor

Ben, a newspaper editor and businessman, has unwittingly become known as a matchmaker and suspects his friend Hazel is using the personal ads to find a partner. To prevent this, he secretly becomes her romantic pen pal. Will he regret misleading her?

Meanwhile, Ben's best friend Albert has uncovered that a miner, thought to be dead, was almost murdered by someone powerful. He must protect the miner's daughter from the city's influential family and explore any connections between them.