Simon Arblaster

A group of holiday makers set out on an escape from the monotony of their daily routines, only to have their lives turned upside down when the peaceful escape they had planned turns into a fight for their lives.

New Yorkers Emma and Conrad agree to help each other find their missed connections after a subway blackout. Their search might lead to love, but not where either of them expects to find it.

Aspiring writer Athena Carter has spent years working as a dating consultant with a less than successful dating history of her own. When her college ex suddenly reemerges, romantic complications ensue as Athena has to figure out who she really is and what she really wants.

Retired military officer, now Military History professor, Caroline Upton is enlisted to assist antiques store owner, Russell Carlisle in finding the family of WWII Army officer Orin Newton before Christmas with the hope of returning precious personal artifacts – Orin’s dress uniform, medals, and a stack of love letters from his beloved Alice who waits for him back home. Epaulettes and insignia provide initial clues, though the search seems to dead end when Caroline discovers Orin was captured and listed as MIA. Caroline and Russell then search the love letters for clues as to what happened to Orin and whether he ever made it home to Alice.

The owner of a quaint New Zealand yarn shop, Sophie Dale, gets her world flipped upside down after learning her top supplier of yarn, King Farms, is stopping production. Much to her surprise, the charming yet stuck-in-his-ways Samuel King has traveled all the way from New York to audit the business model of the farm. Desperate to keep her shop going, Sophie convinces Samuel to give her two weeks to learn the ropes of yarn spinning and raise enough money to buy the mill herself.

When model-maker Olivia’s dad is set to retire from their firm, she believes she’s the obvious pick to take over. Robert isn’t sure this is the next right step for Olivia or the company and brings in an outsider to compete for the title. Enter Simon, a charming executive whose big picture thinking threatens to upend Olivia’s comfortable, detail-oriented bubble along with her role as presumptive successor.

Two rival realtors are forced to work together to sell one special house before Christmas.

An elderly man near the end of his life passes lonely days writing letters to an old friend. The arrival of a new occupant in the home opens the doors to his past and changes everything.