The air might be thin at 8,000 feet, but even there, at the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, Annette Young has enough energy for two people. Hopping down from the chairlift, she grabs the first person she comes to; her brother Paul, to help hook up the snowmaking machines that will run through the night until mother nature provides the snow they need to stay in business. Since she could walk, Annette's life revolved around the ski resort her grandfather had started long before she was born. But with the recent death of their father, brother and sister had plugged along, working at getting it right, opening day in their sights at all times. Too busy to even think of romance, Annette has only one goal, and that is to make sure the success of Sugarloaf Mountain continues. But it's too much work for Annette and Paul and their faithful skeleton staff. They would have to bite the bullet and hire someone new. Christopher Santos spent every winter since he was thirteen, doing seasonal work on the slopes in Big Bear. After an honorable discharge from the Marine Corps in November, his first thoughts went to the unused skis stored in his mother's garage in Yucaipa at the foot of the San Bernardino Mountains. But work had to come before play and he needed to find a job, fast. His mother had the perfect solution, waving one of those small advertising papers in his face. The ad popped out at him; Trail Crew Boss - Sugarloaf Mountain. Contact Annette Young.

Something’s got to give for the residents of the old cabins on Sugarloaf Avenue. Christmas is right around the corner, and everyone’s life is in upheaval, or on the cusp of it. Jennifer Montrose and her six-year-old daughter, Sophia, flee San Diego after an ugly breakup, and drive the three hours north to Big Bear, where a new life, and a new job, awaits. With one week to find an apartment, get Sophia enrolled in school, and find childcare, Jennifer has her work cut out for her. She doesn’t know anyone up there at seven thousand feet elevation but the nursing recruiter who hired her, and she’s promised that the hospital would come through with help for leads to housing and childcare. Bode Wagner is nearing the end of his rope. The car repair business his father started forty years ago is failing under Bode’s management because of several factors, the biggest one being the lack of mechanics after the pandemic. He’s worked with one other faithful employee, Clint Trainor for the past two years. Even with giving up their personal lives to fix cars almost around the clock, the backlog of work is daunting. There’s been zero time for a social life, let along a date, and Bode doesn’t even realize how long overdue he is. Clint’s wife, Maggie, has given up her life, as well, to answer the phone, make appointments and order stock, and she’s growing weary with work, and with her marriage. On her way into the garage one morning, Maggie feels something cold on her nose and looking up, she sees snowflakes coming down, a reminder that Christmas is only six weeks away. Hopefully, she can make it happen for her three kids, and maybe even for Clint. Within twenty-four hours, they will come together and find solutions to their problems, along with a hefty dose of romance.

Carly and Jake love each other, but have goals that will place them at opposite ends of the country. When their dreams fall through, will love still be an option? Carly and Jake meet in her junior year of college and his junior year of medical school. But they have different goals; hers is to work for one of the biggest tech startups in LA. She lands a lucrative position with the company before she even graduates. Jake wants to do an Internal Medicine residency at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. Match Day is March 18th, and their relationship hangs in the balance. When it happens, he gets his choice; he’s going to Philadelphia and he has to go in June. They try the long-distance romance for a couple of months, but it doesn’t work, and sadly, they break up. Segue to five years later; after the pandemic, due to a struggling economy, Carly loses that coveted job. But Grannie Morris has a surprise; she’s retiring and wants to offer Sugarloaf Pie Company, to Carly. Grannie sticks around for a month to help Carly transition in the take over. A frequent customer is Marylou Kaiser, Restaurant Business Magazine’s bakery editor and pie enthusiast. She writes a monthly column and highlights Sugarloaf’s custard apple crumb pie. Carly doesn’t know that a national food chain, Baker’s Dozen has taken note and has sent one of the partners to check out Sugarloaf Pie Company. In the meantime, a new customer has shown more than a casual interest in not just pie, but especially in Carly. Foodie, Luke Devereaux just purchased a cabin on the lake and is exploring the town’s many offerings. What does the universe have in store for Carly?