—I want to warn you, I hope that the girl will not be yours. It's in my best interest, Mrs. Blake, that she doesn't end up. But I want to rule out that possibility...Jennifer Blake still vividly remembers the day she was momentarily distracted by a strange young woman and left her three-year-old daughter Debbie unattended in a grocery cart. When she returned, it turned out that the child had disappeared. Police decided that the woman Jennifer had seen belonged to a kidnapping ring. A years-long search for the kidnappers—and for Debbie—proved fruitless. Jennifer, who had recently lost her husband in a mountain accident, returned home to her deaf parents, exhausted and shaken. And now, seven years later, Jennifer receives hope... from the shocking words of Corinthea Aries. Rich Mrs. Aries called her from Victoria, a city on Vancouver Island. She thinks she recognizes Debbie from the photograph - and this girl lives in her own home due to circumstances that Mrs. Aries prefers to explain to Jennifer in person. From the moment Jennifer arrives in Victoria, she finds herself in a whirlwind of events that almost can't control. Is the girl - now named Alice - the long-lost great-granddaughter of Corinthea Aries and her heir? Or is she actually Jennifer's missing daughter? In a labyrinth of family intrigue, buried secrets and an unexpected romance, Jennifer Blake is determined to uncover the truth.