Successful novelist Nell Phillips (Ashley Newbrough)'s first book, Small Town Christmas, is set in a place modeled after Springdale, Wisconsin, the hometown of her former boyfriend and New York co-worker Emmett Turner (Kristoffer Polaha). She is shocked when her publicist sets up a book signing with Emmett in his Springdale bookstore. Their relationship ended when he ghosted her without an explanation leaving her alone waiting at their date. Meanwhile, Brad arrives looking to buy up the town and developing it into a tourist destination.
It's a standard Hallmark Christmas romance. Both leads are pretty and Hallmark veterans. This one has the advantage of pretending to have a love triangle. The movie never pushes Brad that hard. The misunderstanding could easily be understood with a conversation between Nell and Emmett. At least, it pretends to try. That's well worth a passing grade.
It's a standard Hallmark Christmas romance. Both leads are pretty and Hallmark veterans. This one has the advantage of pretending to have a love triangle. The movie never pushes Brad that hard. The misunderstanding could easily be understood with a conversation between Nell and Emmett. At least, it pretends to try. That's well worth a passing grade.