When tragedy places her seven-year-old nephew in her care, hairstylist Kristen Anderson deserts her idyllic life at the Jersey Shore. She arrives at the family's Pennsylvania inn, hoping over the Christmas holidays to mourn her loss and reevaluate her future. Architect Luke Baldwin relocates from New York City to Brookside Falls to care for his ailing mother. With the chaos of the city behind him, he focuses on establishing a new practice. An unexpected encounter over a Christmas tree could make life more complicated than either thought possible. Will the discovery of a family secret bring together Kristen and Luke, or create a wedge too difficult to overcome?