As Sydney helps out at the bookstore for the season, she finds herself falling for the town’s charm and for Mac. Mac, seeing that Rayanne’s biggest Christmas wish is for her mother to be happy again, becomes determined to make it come true through holiday festivities and simple kindness.
Recently divorced (played by Scottie Thompson ) needs a fresh start. Seeking peace, she and her eight-year-old daughter, Rayanne , travel to the small town of Hopewell , North Carolina—the place where Sydney spent her happiest childhood holidays with her grandparents. Sydney has inherited her grandmother's house and initially plans to sell it before heading back to New York. A Fateful Stop Hope at Christmas (2018)
While exploring the town, Sydney stops at the local bookstore, a place that was central to her life as a young girl. There, she reconnects with the shop’s owner, , and meets Mac (played by Ryan Paevey ), an elementary school teacher and part-time Santa. Mac is a quiet, capable man who aspires to publish his own writing and carries his own shadows from the past. Magic in Hopewell As Sydney helps out at the bookstore for