title: Believing In Dreams
author: Grover, Chris
description: After dreaming about a big old house made of dark pine logs and an elderly woman standing in the doorway insisting that she hurry, Nicole Hamilton goes to a remote village in Quebec's Laurentian Mountains two days before Christmas in search of her roots. Although her mom was born in the Province of Quebec, she never talked about it, so Nicole wonders if she has any other family there. Within minutes of arriving in St-Stephan, Nicole meets Alain Martin, who owns both the house and the hotel where she'll be staying. She also meets a tabby cat who is both psychic and a whiz at thought transference, and a woman who says she knew Nicole's mom.