Everyone remembers Sophia as the town's Mean Girl. Especially Ted, whose love she once scorned. But Sophia has paid the price: her husband was rich, powerful, and abusive. After his death she learns that he left her penniless to face all the townspeople he cheated. She is reduced to looking for any kind of work to pay the bills. She accepts a job as housekeeper for Ted, now a successful writer who refuses to get emotionally involved. Will Christmas bring them another chance at happiness?

Too bad not all memories are pleasant! Everyone in Whiskey Creek remembers Sophia DeBussi as the town's mean girl. Especially Ted Dixon, whose love she once scorned. But Sophia has paid the price for her youthful transgressions. The man she did marry was rich and powerful but abusive. So when he goes missing, she secretly hopes he'll never come back, until she learns that he died running from an FBI probe of his investment firm. Not only has he left Sophia penniless, he's left her to face all the townspeople he cheated. Sophia is reduced to looking for any kind of work to pay the bills and support her daughter. With no other options, she becomes housekeeper for none other than Ted, now a successful suspense writer. He can't bring himself to turn his back on her, not at Christmas, but he refuses to get emotionally involved. He learned his lesson the last time.