A chef, an event planner, and a basketball player's wife find their marriages and careers in Philadelphia challenged by new motherhood, difficult schedules, and infidelity.

Minerva Dobbs learns that the devastatingly handsome Calvin Morrisey has taken a bet that he can get her into bed within a month and decides to pretend to be interested in order to have a date for her sister's wedding, but the couple soon finds their fake feelings have turned into the real thing.

Arson specialist Kerry Murphy solves crimes with the help of her dog Sam, but behind her reputation as a fire detective, she hides a terrifying secret that explains her success more thoroughly than her hard work and dedication.

Presents two stories of holiday romance, in which a reporter returns home to win the love of a woman from his past, and two mischievous twins get the best Christmas present ever, a new mother.

Michael Anstruther-Wetherby is a man destined for power. Except that Michael, for all his political skill and intelligence, lacks the most important element of success: a wife. So he goes searching for his ideal bride, a gently bred, well-managed young lady. Michael discovers such a paragon, but finds a formidable obstacle in his path, the young lady's beautiful, strong-minded aunt, Caroline Sutcliffe.