Neal Bledsoe

Frank Connor is a Civil War hero turned bounty hunter who spends his time polishing off whiskey and tracking down fugitives for a small charge. When two children turn up on his doorstep, desperate for his help to find their missing mother, Frank finds that he must face up to his past and head towards a showdown with a notorious Major with whom he has an old score to settle.

While preparing the place for sale, Lizzie plans one final Christmas Eve gala for the family, although they seem to be a family in name only.

A novelist goes to an empty winter chateau.

A property lawyer works to prove that her town's Drive-In Theater, a local institution, is not closed down at Christmas, finding romance with the very person who is trying to sell the property.