Mrs. Mike: A moving love story set in the Canadian wilderness, Mrs. Mike is a classic tale that has enchanted millions of readers worldwide. It brings the fierce, stunning landscape of the Great North to life - and tenderly evokes the love that blossoms between Sergeant Mike Flannigan and beautiful young Katherine Mary O'Fallon.

The search for joyful: When her dear friend O Be Joyful died in a flu epidemic, Mrs. Mike Flanigan opened her home - and heart - to her orphaned child, Kathy Forquet. Over the years, young Kathy delighted in the Flanigans' love - and suffered the pain of her schoolmates' prejudice. But as the terrors of World War II drew closer to home, Kathy decided to leave her familiar home and do her part by going to a nurshing school in Montreal. There her life fills with drama and excitement as she meets two very different men - a Native American who helps her understand her lost heritage, and a wounded Australian soldier who shares fascinating stories of his exotic, embattled homeland. And as she learned about herself and the world beyond her hometown, she tries to find the elusive prize she has sought for so long: the meaning of true joy...