David E. Talbert

A dysfunctional family gathers together for their first Christmas since their mom died.

Pledging to keep herself from being the oldest and the only woman in her entire family never to wed, Montana embarks on a thirty-day, thirty-thousand-mile expedition to charm a potential suitor into becoming her fiancé.

Eric comes to El Camino looking for his unknown dad. He's harassed, hit, and jailed by a drunk local cop who later shoots at a liquor mart with Eric inside. The sheriff and deputy then shoot up the place, answering each other's fire.