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Christmas Fantasy Romance
By Robert C. Powers
Genre: Romance/Fantasy (G rated)
93 pages
Logline:
A young woman is transported to the idyllic village of Twinkle where the
celebration of Christmas is magic, romance blooms and everything is
perfect--almost.
Synopsis:
Leona
Camp opens a Christmas light shop in the little town of Actuality; the shop is
failing and she doesn’t know what to do. She is distressed by a lack of social
life in Actuality and longs for romance
Cara, Leona’s mother, disappeared on Christmas Eve when
Leona was a baby. Alfred, Leona’s
father, reveals a long-held secret; Sam Sawyer, a friend of Alfred, took Cara
horseback riding in the mountains when Alfred, a vet, was supposed to go too,
but had an emergency call. Sam told
them that a varmint scared Cara’s horse and it ran off into the forest.
They found the horse, but not Cara. Alfred has not spoken to Sam’s wife,
Heidi, all these years. Sam dies
and his son,
Gary, Leona’s flame from high school, who has not been around for several years,
comes into her shop. At first, she
isn’t ready to resume a relationship with Gary. He’s been gone for three years.
Leona and Gary date, but she isn’t sure
about him. Where has he been? Gary’s old nemesis, Claude Stonecreek, reveals the
reason Gary disappeared for three years; he was in jail in the next county for
beating up a man in a road house. Problem
is, he never told Leona about it, although he tried several times. Leona, who
hates fighting, disappointed and sick with frustration, drives up the mountain
and wrecks her truck. She awakens
in Twinkle.
Twinkle is a
“perfect” village led by Adam, the Creator, that exists for only two days a
year, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Only good people approved by Adam, can enter and there has been only one
“Outsider” admitted before Leona arrived.
There is only love and harmony in Twinkle; nothing bad, no fighting.
Twinkle’s existence is governed by its Christmas lights. Without the lights, the
village would fade away.
Leona meets Tomas, a
handsome young man, every girl’s dream.
Tomas courts Leona and takes her to see Adam who tells her that if she
stays in Twinkle past Midnight on Christmas day, she becomes a “Resident” and
can never leave. Leona falls for
Tomas. Then, she learns that there
is a dark side to Twinkle and doubts creep into her mind. Twinkle’s old lights
fail and as midnight Christmas Day approaches, Leona must repair the lights,
save Twinkle, and decide whether to marry Tomas and stay in Twinkle forever. She
discovers that Adam’s wife, Anne, is really her mother, Cara, the Outsider who
stayed. She’s overwhelmed with love for her mother, another reason to stay in
Twinkle, and Anne has insightful advice for her. Gary searches for Leona and
finds the gate to Twinkle. In an
emotional and action filled finale, Leona makes her decision.
Locations:
1) A Christmas Shop 2) Homes 2) A Gas Station 3) Parks 4) Forest 5) A
Chapel
Characters:
2 leads, 6
supporting,
19
characters total (some are “double” part, played in “Actuality” and “Twinkle”.