Meet Amelia Elias, mother of ten (okay, so some of her 'kids' have four legs and a tail), home health nurse (the gooey stuff is ever so much fun!), and author of many stories (most of them written to shut up those persistent voices in her head, though new ones always take their place). Amelia is slender, buxom, graceful, plays classical piano, speaks 17 languages, is always immaculately dressed, and is titled nobility on an oilrig off the coast of England.