Shannon Lujan

Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his baby grandson.

A big city veterinarian rushes home to help her family recover from a devastating storm and save the tree lighting, but finds her mission complicated when a mysterious Christmas ornament arrives and sets her back on a path back to love.

There is nothing left of the American dream on the Nine--a solemn destination, a resting place for those who have relinquished the dream. Modesto is a city that lies in California's Central Valley, a region devastated during America's Great Depression. Modesto's notorious South Ninth Street ("the Nine") is a no man's land where the rules of polite society do not apply. The people living along the Nine form a ravaged micro community whose Darwinian existence is a day to day hustle, and survival is by any means necessary.

When Emma returns to her hometown for Christmas after years away, she reconnects with Ryan, who never left. Drawn together by holiday traditions and a treasured childhood treehouse, old feelings resurface, revealing that love may be closer than she imagined.