Rita Bell is downright unhappy. Having lost her birth parents in a concentration camp, she bonds with a host-sister from a family in Holland, only to lose touch when she moves to Canada with her biological uncle after the war. Life seems like one tragedy after another until she takes a job at Eatons and befriends a mannequin standing in the window.Mary Bouchard is running from something and the Thunder Bay police are determined to find out exactly what that is. Could she be the major supplier of drugs in the North as they suspect? Or is she simply a woman with a dream to quietly follow her heart? A mannequin in her bedroom helps her bring her dreams to life and put her demons to rest once and for all.Elaina Jackson has tried everything to get pregnant. When she met Henry, she knew he was a little old for her, but she couldn't deny her affection for him. Yet as they struggle to make a family, her patience grows thin and she finds herself sinking into a dark depression. When she receives a mannequin as a gift, she finds a safe outlet to pour out her heart, and finds her spirit lifted into more fertile grounds.