Detective Kit Piper is kidnapped by two men who apparently weren't interested in making sure they had the right target. When the kidnappers make a pit stop for food and a hooker, she seizes her chance to escape. No one is more surprised than Simon Ward when he discovers Kit face-first on the floor, wrapped in a soggy blanket the next morning. On top of that, she's black-and-blue and bruised all over. Kit's starting to think she may have misinterpreted...

Every page is full of forest creatures and other things to spot, match and talk about.

Toronto, 1926. Knowing that he will die without an heir, childless millionaire Charles Millar leaves behind a controversial will: the recipient of his fortune will be decided in a contest that will become a media sensation and be known as the Great Stork Derby. His money will go to the winner: the woman who bears the most children in the ten years after his death. It is a bequest that will have dramatic consequences for the lives of two women-- allies...

A story that tells the enduring power of a mother's kiss-who can measure such love.