Eldest of three sisters, April Raine was pregnant and married at
eighteen. Divorced ten years later, April has struggled to provide for
her children. Now a successful businesswoman, she accepts a
challenge from a daytime talk show to compete in a thirty-day battle
of the sexes against a television psychologist who claims her
organization hurts the very people she claims to help.
Dr. Jefferson Prentiss, television's Dr. Jeff, is haunted by the loss of
his wife, his newborn son, and his role in their deaths. To atone,
he's dedicated his professional life to the ideals of family. The talk
show challenge presents him an opportunity to prove not only the
sagacity of his self-help book, but the inherent danger of paying
strangers to perform those family tasks that should be done out of
love and consideration.
Once inside an isolated cabin filled with videotaping equipment,
April and Jeff learn from each other, tackle their demons, and
discover a new awareness between them. When the dust settles,
who'll come out on top? The doctor? The mom? Or will love
prevail?
After the death of her husband, professional competitive skier
Brooklyn Raine has shunned the press. Living as Lyn Hill, bed &
breakfast owner in a quaint Vermont mountain town, Brooklyn
keeps a low profile and avoids any link to her former celebrity
status. Now, her famous older sister has arrived with her children
and fiancé in tow, and the spotlight threatens to burn bright on
Brooklyn once again.
Sports reporter Douglas Sawyer sustained a devastating loss in
Iraq and no longer cares about his career, much less his future. At
the insistence of friends and family, he becomes the first civilian
participant in Ski-Hab, a winter sports rehabilitation program for war
veterans and amputees. After he discovers that pushy Lyn Hill is
actually former ski star Brooklyn Raine, his instincts sense the
perfect storyline to thrust him back into the journalism world.
Despite interference from other skiers, the local cab driver, and
Brooklyn herself, Doug is determined to chronicle the life of the
former ski champ.
But when their secrets are revealed, each will face a hard choice.
Will Brooklyn and Doug abandon the easy trail to take a chance on
the more challenging slope to love?