Home, Hearth, and the Holidays

With the holidays fast approaching, the charming town of Appleton is ready to celebrate. But though Daphne Ballinger's deadline to "get hitched" is drawing ever nearer, she finds herself distracted.

Happily caring for young Mabel, Daphne knows her top priority has to be finding a way to stay in the town that has come to mean "home" to both of them. But is it enough to marry just to have a family and an inheritance...or is there a hope that love will find her before springtime?