When Todd, a developmentally-challenged 20 year-old with an affinity for animals, hears the animal shelter is looking for families to foster a dog for the holidays, he's eager to sign up. But his father, George, says "no adoptions"--Even temporary ones -- claiming he wants to protect Todd from disappointment. His wife, Mary Ann, knows better. Something else is troubling her husband -- something he doesn't want to face.

Chronicles the 300-year history of a lost painting said to have been created by Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer. Framed by the present day narrative of a teacher who has the inside track on the number of lives profoundly altered by the elusive painting. The teacher's tale interconnects individual stories of tragedy, romance, success, failure and even the Holocaust.

Done with big-city living, Maggie Conway, moves to the small seaside town of Friday Harbor, Washington and becomes owner of a toy store and meets the proprietor of the local coffee shop, Mark Nagle. It's almost love at first sight, but Mark's number one priority is his six-year-old niece, Holly, whose single mom recently passed away and left Mark as her guardian. Their lives intertwine when Maggie and her toy store prove to be the magical key to opening...

When Scotty discovers a poignant letter written by a mysterious woman called Lizzie he cannot get her out of his mind. Putting thoughts of his upcoming wedding aside, he is compelled to write Lizzie a letter of his own. A romantic correspondence ensues and flourishes into a love so powerful, not even a century and a half of time can keep them apart. Spanning an era from the Civil War to the present day, the perils of Lizzie's war torn present threaten...

One dress will change the lives of six brides forever and reaffirms what a small world it can be when it comes to love.

A late night knock at Victoria Miller's door changes her life in ways she could never have imagined. Her teenage nephew Bobby is seeking refuge from a deeply troubled and often violent home life.

Bob, a feckless bachelor, promised his mother that at her death he would care for his schizophrenic younger brother D.J. but he becomes apprehensive when the time comes. Facing up to his responsibility, Bob tries his best, but his set ways and D.J.'s erratic behavior mix like oil and water. Giving his promise one last shot, Bob takes D.J. on a fishing trip to the secluded lake where they vacationed as children. Here, the rush of memories transforms...

As a social worker, Irena had access to the Warsaw Ghetto, making it possible for her to rescue the daughter of a Jewish friend and safely hide the young girl with a Catholic family. Realizing that thousands of children were still in danger, Irena recruited sympathetic friends and co-workers to smuggle children out and place them in safe homes, farms and convents. At great personal risk, she devised extraordinary schemes to sneak the children by Nazi...

Widowed fisherman Quinn sees only a grim future until a beautiful and mysterious woman he calls Mairead arrives and something magical changes his life.

Having suffered abuse and misfortune for most of her life, a young girl searches for a better life and finally finds it in the home of a loving woman with several foster children.