Mommakitty's Surprise is a happy story about a loving mother cat and her newborn kittens. Full of suspense, the story moves rapidly as Mommakitty finds ways to solve her problems. More than a story to enjoy, Mommakitty's Surprise has unexpected educational value. It can help children to (1) learn about animal instinct, and (2) increase skills of observation.

Sarah Thomas is a New Jersey housewife whose lying cheating husband leaves her for a younger woman with a trust fund. Instead of falling apart from grief, she converts everything she owns to cash and goes on an adventure. She has always wanted to go to Ireland and when she gets there she finds a new life, a better life than she ever dreamed of. She has friends, wealth, and a large new extended family to care for her. Why would she risk all of that to solve a thirty year old mystery? That is exactly what she does with the help of an elderly retired school teacher, and in the process she comes...

Bridget Evans has just returned to the work force after several years in an unhappy marriage. Nursing has given her an opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. It has also given her a mystery to solve. But solving it might be her undoing. With the help of her friends and her elderly grandmother, she decides to set something right no matter the cost.

Fran Eggars has been separated from her sister Elaine by both time and distance. But when she receives a late night phone call telling her that her sister needs her help, Fran puts her own life on hold and goes to her sister's hospital bed-side. While caring for her in her last months of life, Fran learns about the secrets Elaine has been keeping. Some of them are sad; some of them make Fran angry. Some of the secrets reveal violence and crimes that go unpunished. But they all bring the two long alienated sisters closer together just in time.

Tom Hanson has worked for the Central Railroad Company in Missouri for his entire adult life. When he is told to retire or move to a derelict station in the middle of nowhere, he chooses the latter. He is always on his own anyway, so why not be alone in a new place? But the move brings about changes in his life that he never imagined, and now he is being asked to make another choice.

There is nothing quite like the relationship between a little girl and her pony. When Billy, a black and white pony with four white stockings, a map of Australia on one side and on the other side a map of the United States, minus Texas, enters Ginny Harper's life, she comes out of her shell and gets into a lot of trouble. In this one year's worth of short stories, follow Ginny and Billy through one adventure after another, and one life lesson after another as well.