Brief

A television producer who hates Christmas tries to save her career by producing a Christmas show in a small town obsessed with Christmas, but she needs the cooperation of a reclusive former soccer star. As she convinces him, they end up falling in love, but when a devastating misunderstanding threatens to ruin everything, the entire town comes together to help save their relationship.

What We Liked

- The Christmas theme has a lot of potential and is engaging for audiences. There is a lot of romance. The characters are young and attractive. It will most likely appeal to a largely female and older skewing audience.
- Film: A feature adaptation of the story could be a nice holiday offering. However, since it is formulaic, overly focused on Christmas and heavy on romantic tropes, it is really more suited as a made for television movie for a network like the Hallmark Channel.
- TV: April and Callan’s adventures in their new town could be adapted into a television movie or mini-series. It is overwhelmingly holiday focused, it would most likely be a seasonal television special or made for television movie.
- Key points: Strong female lead; Holiday themed; Romance; Female demographic; Franchise potential

Synopsis

In a last ditch effort to save her career as a television producer, April takes a job working on a Christmas themed home show in Maryland. She hates the holiday, but since her Uncle Rob is allowing her a chance to prove herself, she decides to take the job.

April arrives in the idyllic town and finds it decorated from top to bottom in festive holiday décor. Since it seems as if all the townspeople are obsessed with Christmas, she wants to do her job as quickly as possible and return to Los Angeles. However, she runs into a hiccup when Callan, the owner of the house that is supposed to be the focal point of the show, decides he doesn’t want to participate. He is a former soccer star who was forced to retire after a catastrophic ankle injury and as a result, he wants to remain out of the spotlight.

She has her work cut out for her to convince Callan to let her film in his house. As she works on persuading him, April and Callan start to fall in love with each other. He involves her in his family activities with his brother, Cormac, and his young nieces, Maddie and Taylor. Callan starts to get a new lease on life after meeting April and he decides to allow her to film in her house.

But a misunderstanding arises and Callan believes that April doesn’t really love him and that she was just using him to save her job. It looks as if April will have to return to Los Angeles with a broken heart. After some soul searching, Callan realizes that he can’t live without April in his life. He enlists the help of the entire town to perform a Christmas-themed grand gesture to win her back.

All is forgiven and April decides to stay in Maryland with Callan and all her new friends. A year passes and April and Callan get engaged at a Christmas party in front of their delighted family and friends.

About The Author

Delancey Stewart writes romantic comedies that run the gamut of settings and setups, but they always deliver humor, heart and heat. It's a guarantee. She writes from her home in Denver, CO, but grew up in California and has had more jobs than anyone on earth (personal trainer, pharmaceutical rep, copywriter, tech writer, marketing director, wine seller, elementary school teacher... no kidding. The list goes on) But the one she loves the most is writing, mostly because she gets to meet people who love books and stories as much as she does.