Title: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbour
Description: Mark Nolan's happy-go-lucky bachelorhood is interrupted by the death of his sister and his subsequent guardianship of her six-year-old daughter, Holly, who is traumatized into muteness and desperately seeking a maternal figure. Enter Maggie Collins, a toy shop owner who lost her own husband to cancer.
Subjects: Uncles, Fiction, Orphans, Mate selection, Family-owned business enterprises, Vineyards, Restaurants, Mothers, Death
Places: Washington (State), San Juan Island