A Different Christmas

Sam loves Christmas. Her Scottish family keeps warm, long-standing traditions, and going home for the holidays is the best part of her year. Her boss, Luke, grew up rich and cold, with a mother who cared more about social standing than about the family being together, and he has no holiday customs of his own.

Just before Christmas, Luke insists that Sam travel with him to New York for work. She is furious, because the trip means missing the family gathering she has been looking forward to. The two of them are thrown into close quarters, and the early friction between them has to be worked through.

As the days pass, Sam lets Luke in on the customs she grew up with and gives him a taste of a real family Christmas. His hostility toward her softens into understanding, and then into romance. The story moves between the Scottish countryside and a busy New York City.

Comic banter runs alongside quieter, tender scenes. Luke's money has never bought him what Sam's family gives her for nothing, and the question is whether he can let her share it with him.