Jerry Trimble
A big city journalist is sent back to her small hometown to write a Fourth of July story and discovers the life and love she left behind are exactly what she’s been missing.
Teenager Jennifer Phillips loses her father in a long battle with cancer. She’s devastated and one night, after heavy drinking, she crashes her car into Colin, a college bound track star, who now may never walk again. Jennifer is taken into rehab, and when she thinks that the worst is over, Colin’s brother is looking for her and ready to take revenge.
With Christmas approaching, life appears to be good for Tom, an ex-Olympic hockey star, and his girlfriend, Jenny, a firefighter — at least until Mary, a former Olympic figure skater, Tom’s soon-to-be ex-wife and the author of a book of tips on relationships, is convinced that appearing to be still happy with Tom will help sell her book. Tom’s strong desire to spend the holidays with his and Mary’s daughter provides a test of true love and, ultimately, reveals who the true heroes are.
Adopted teenager Sara goes in search of her birth mother Abby, only to find the woman in prison for bank robbery and manslaughter. In an upcoming parole hearing, Sara helps Abby win release, and decides to spend the summer with her before leaving for college. But Sara soon finds herself in danger as her mother returns to her former partner in crime….
Jim is an average New Yorker living a peaceful life with a well paying job and a loving family. Suddenly, everything changes when the economy crashes causing Jim to lose everything. Filled with anger and rage, Jim snaps and goes to extreme lengths to seek revenge for the life taken from him.