Plot Synopsis

Sally Browning, a children's book author and illustrator, lives in a small Massachusetts town where she and her late husband, an Army vet, settled with Buddy, a German Shepherd he found while serving overseas. She is devastated, though, when her beloved pooch runs away during a thunderstorm and ends up in an animal shelter miles from home. Mark Green and his teenage daughter, Emma, who are both struggling to put their lives back together after losing his wife and her mother three years ago, end up adopting the dog, who soon wins their hearts and heals their souls. But Sally's journey to find Buddy eventually connects her to Mark and Emma, who must decide if they want to give up a pet who has helped make their lives whole again -- and Sally has to decide if she wants to separate him from this loving pair. But wherever Buddy goes, love follows, helping to bring everyone the greatest Christmas present possible.