Stepping Stones is a mystery romantic suspense novel about a woman whose journalistic plight for an exciting news story lands her in the middle of a string of forest fires. Alley Hill, a journalist from Toronto goes to South River along the Magnetawan Mountains to write a story on firefighters. Her determination to prove herself in training is put to the test when the plane she is in collides with another over the very blaze she is writing about. Injured and stranded, she is forced to rely on Gavin Trask, the lead firefighter and instructor, who becomes her rescuer and lover. Tension builds as more fires erupt and the town is forced to evacuate. Through the chaos, Alley and Gavin discover the truth behind the fires as they struggle to help save the town.