Eileen placed the crown back in its place in the cedar chest. There was another layer of red velvet cloth to uncover more treasures. The children were about to pull it back when they felt a dark shadow fall over them. Michael looked up. Their grandmother was staring at them. On her face, was a furious mask of anger, her eyes were like little slits and her breathing was raspy. She was reaching out her arm to snatch them up off the floor. They ducked from her reach and ran towards the stairs to the main room in the house. They heard their mother coming back from town and ran into her arms....

When Hadley and Skylar Onion, Princesses royal, decide to run away, they learn loads of lessons every day. But when they want to return to their luxurious life, they find that they cannot do so, and they are in strife. In the meantime their mission is almost complete when they find the boy in a green box and enjoy a magical treat. But can they return to fulfil their true place, or will they clean rocks with dexterity and grace? A story to touch hearts of children and parents alike, about two princesses who go missing much to their parents' dismay, who long for their children to return one...

When Irishwoman Niamh's life is shattered by the disappearance of her husband Jim, she makes a decision to leave Ireland with her toddlers. The problem is that one of her children are in another home and she must find a way to get her back. Niamh can handle men and is courageous and defiant in the face of trouble, but nothing can prepare her for the man who turns up at her door in Queensland Australia seeking a work of art...