An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling, and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

Maggie's boss needs a date for the publishing company's Christmas party and she finds her 11. Maggie is a successful matchmaker but what about herself? Maggie's ex pops up as writer for the company.

Julia comes home to spend the holidays with her family running their inn only to get caught up in a longstanding feud with a rival business. To complicate matters, the competition is an irresistible guy called Ryan.