Single mom Maggie Canterbury wants the sparkling world of the State Theater to stay the same for her daughter so she can grow up just like Maggie did—surrounded by love and community. But a surprise buyer for the financially strapped theater shows up just before the holidays and Maggie discovers his secret that threatens her beloved theater and her job there. Worse, buyer Alex Wilburn asks for her help running the final holiday shows before he brings down the curtain for good.
Because of a dark time in his past, Alex has no desire to run a hometown theater sitting on a valuable slice of real estate that’s part of his bigger plan. He’s all business, but something about Maggie, her daughter, and the holiday season is tugging at a part of his heart he’d closed long ago.
As the countdown to New Year’s Eve ticks away, Maggie battles to protect her friends and family from the truth that will ruin Christmas, but she also fights her own heart when it comes to Alex—a man with much closer ties to her past than she ever imagined. Only the truth will save Christmas, but is Maggie brave enough to reveal her own secret to save her job, the theater, and everyone she loves?