As the holiday season draws near, Sam Masterson, a former marine in a wheel chair, has more of the holiday-unspirit going for him. He owns a building where a lot of misfits make a home and his neighbourhood is threatened because of a shiny new development going up. He heads uptown to speak his mind to the man behind the monstrosity. Architect Tall Hollander is not what he expects-tall like his name, but slinky and up front about finding Sam attractive. Sam also has other pressures-a brutal thief known as The Bruiser is haunting the area, he has sole custody of his vulnerable nephew Joey and his latest romance has just been rejected because it's too 'unrealistic,' but Sam escapes into fantasy, a place where he finds the passion he hungers for.