Angie tvrdo pracuje ako plánovačka akcií vo firme svojho strýka, zatiaľ čo jej sesternica Candace zlízava všetku smotanu. Angie pomôže Candace získať pozvánku na slávny vianočný maškarný ples, organizovaný bohatým starým mládencom Nicholasom. Keď však Candace ochorie, Angie si nasadí masku a vyberie sa na ples miesto nej. Okamžite padne do oka Nicholasovi, ktorý sa musí oženiť, aby neprišiel o dedičstvo. Angie je nútená z plesu odísť ešte pred odhalením svojej identity, nechajúc Nicholasa pátrať po tajomnej žene jeho snov. Angie čaká náročné životné rozhodnutie - buď stratí vysnívanú kariéru, na ktorej tak tvrdo pracovala, alebo príde o lásku svojho života.
Eva Dandridge is a very uptight young woman who constantly meddles in the affairs of her sisters and their significant others. Her brothers-in-law, who are tired of Eva interfering in their lives, decide to set her up with someone so she can leave them alone. They end up paying Ray, the local "playboy," $5,000 to date her. The plan goes by smoothly, but trouble comes when Ray actually falls in love with Eva.
In their finely appointed Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing their grief over the death of their son, they get by well enough together. Agnes' boozy sister wanders in and out, and they allow anxiety-stricken friends to move into an upstairs room. But, when their daughter, Julia, shows up announcing her fourth divorce, long-repressed emotions come to the surface.
Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earlier. The worldly wanderer Jim gets a cool family reception at first but his warm personality gradually wins the affections of his four daughters. In fact, youngest daughter Buff, who has her eye on a maverick of her own in Gabriel Lopez, is pleased when Jim grants his stamp of approval on her relationship. Buff plans to elope with Gabriel on her mother's wedding day, but 'unpredictable' is Gabriel's middle name.
Same-sex couple Eun-soo and Ye-won are living together happily. One day, a terrible traffic accident occurs and Eun-soo is seriously injured and her sister Eunhae dies. Eun-soo is disabled and Eunhae's daughter Soo-min became an orphan. Now Eun-soo and Ye-won are in a position to take charge of Soo-min.
Two sisters meet again after the oldest ran away from home on her 18th birthday, and left her younger sister Agathe with their troubled mother.