After 4 years of studies at Juilliard, Leona Collins, on opening night of her first off Broadway production literally bumps into US Marines Ryan Butler. Little did either of them know that their lives would change forever. In Boston, her mother Marie-Louise, unable to get to New York City due to a raging Blizzard, sits daydreaming of a long ago vacation in Canada; to the 'magical village' of Bellevue, New Brunswick. Years later, Leona and Ryan's son Jason is carving out, as best he can, his own path in life. As you are invited to read: On the Maniwaki Walk wishes do really come true, if the one you're with truly loves you