"For the Love of Lilah: While two of her sisters are set up with their own happily-ever-afters, laid-back Lilah Calhoun would rather focus on her connection to Great-Grandma Bianca and the heirloom Calhoun emeralds that have become public interest. But when Max Quartermain washes up on the shores of the family estate, Lilah takes the handsome stranger in, hoping she can figure out the secrets he's reluctant to reveal. Suzanna's Surrender: As the eldest...

Local Hero: Single mother Hester Wallace hardly has time for the holidays. Between settling in to her new apartment and chasing after her nine-year-old son, Radley, she's beginning to feel the pressure of trying to have it all together. So when her neighbor, comic book writer Mitch Dempsey, offers to look after Radley in the afternoons, Hester reluctantly accepts. Mitch is a stranger, after all, even if he is generous and has a connection with her...