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After a family altercation sent Holden Thomas out the door, he vowed to never return to his family's lakeside home, Bluebird Ridge. However, when the sudden death of his sister brings him back again, he learns that the house he once loved and cherished is now his. Bluebird Ridge isn't a palace by any means, but it is the cornerstone of its little lakeside resort community. Meanwhile, at his sister's funeral, he ends up meeting a mysterious and rugged handyman named James, who might just be the answer to his prayers. However, Holden has a sneaking suspicion they may have met before.

When Mark's first love, Toby, died from pancreatic cancer a few years ago, he wasn't sure how to go on with his life. He's been living in a state of mourning while trying to make a difference in his new career as a nurse. However, when he starts working with a cancer survivor, all of those feelings he felt for Toby have reawakened...and he's not quite sure how to cope with them. Can he find the strength to love again while staying true to his memories of Toby?

Stuart Ridge has a problem. When his bigoted father discovers he's gay, he tries to kill him. Thankfully, his mom steps in and helps him get away, but what's a 17-year-old boy supposed to do when all he's ever known is home? Eden Raleigh's got nothing left, just a guitar and a backpack with some clothes. After his parents died, it left him and his sister to fend for themselves. Now they're about to lose the family home and be on the streets. There's nothing left to do but get out while he can. However, everything changes when he meets Stuart at a bus station in the middle of nowhere.

Jack and George have just turned 14, and they can't help but reminisce about Halloween's past. They've been friends since they were in kindergarten, but as they cross the line from boys to young men, they've come to realize they may be more than "just friends". Tonight is Halloween, their favorite night of the year and they have a crazy idea...to go trick-or-treating one last time. However, what starts as a night of tricks and treats ends up being the most important night of their lives...the night they learn what it means to be in love.

Ranger Larry and Chet are finally getting married. All of their friends and family are coming in for what is sure to be a momentous event. However, when Chet's mom, June, shows up early with news, it threatens to dampen the festivities altogether. Meanwhile, while Chet deals with the shock of what his mother told him, Ranger is dealing with a crisis of his own. Can Chet and Ranger help each other through these storms, or will the stress prove to be too great for their love to endure.

Larry and Chet are going strong. Everything is gearing up around the lodge for a Christmas to remember, that is until Chet gets a call from his mom. She and his dad are coming for a visit. There's just a couple of problems with that. One, they still don't know Chet is gay, and two, that he's living with his boss and lover, Larry.

Larry is a lonely park ranger, just looking for someone to call his own. It doesn't help that autumn has begun, the season where lovers come to admire the beautiful foliage of the Blue Ridge. Chet's just been dumped by his boyfriend, and a getaway to the mountains is looking like a mighty fine way clear his mind. What he finds is an unexpected friend in Larry...maybe more.

Charlie and Aiden have known each other since the third grade, but both boys have very different memories of the moments they shared. While Aiden remembers love taps, Charlie remembers a bully who made his life even more miserable than it was and still does to this day. So why does Aiden pick on Charlie if he actually likes him? Maybe he just doesn't know any other way to show Charlie how he feels.

Alexander has unfinished business. He never got the chance to fall in love before he died, and when a boy named Aiden moves in with his widowed dad to the Victorian house he's trapped in, they soon discover a paranormal attraction far beyond what would constitute as "just friends". Can Aiden help Alexander cross to the other side so he can rest in peace, or will Alexander be trapped forever in his earthly purgatory?

Oliver is a lonely boy trying to take care of his ailing grandfather after the death of his grandmother, Effie. She was the glue that held their little family together, but now they aren't doing well financially, that's why he takes a job at a nearby farm in Starlight, Indiana. Jacobi is an Amish farm boy as pure and innocent as the summer day is long. When he and Oliver meet, they become fast friends, but there's something stronger than friendship brewing between them.

Toby's dying, but there's nothing that can save him now. The cancer has run its course. Although his life has been short, he has no regrets, just an ungranted wish; he never got the chance to fall in love. But sometimes wishes do come true. Mark has a lust for life and when he's assigned to do community service at the hospital Toby calls home, the boys form an unbreakable bond. Could it be love?

Every night, from the window of his room, Danny wishes for someone to call his own. He gazes toward the horizon as the gentle glow of the moon shines overhead and wonders if there's life beyond the stars. David Lee is a dirty blonde country angel just taking life one day at a time. He's not in a rush to grow up or fall in love. But when a chance meeting happens between him and Danny, it ignites an awakening in them that only happens once in a lifetime.

Dylan is not looking for love. When his family and he are forced to move into a seedy trailer park after they lose their home to foreclosure, he has to start life over in a new town and school. It's not long before a promiscuous boy picks him to be his new best friend. They are totally different people, but when he meets Cody, a sweet southern boy from Waco, Texas, his BFF DJ gets jealous. DJ finds himself harboring feelings for Dylan.

When Jeffrey meets the boy of his dreams, his world is turned upside down. He knows he's special, but he never thought he'd meet someone just as cringey and weird as him. JP and his dad have been through some rough times. After his mom died, everything changed. However, on the journey to discovering himself, he also finds something about his dad. Something that makes him realize they have a lot more in common than he initially thought.

Puck Chastin is just your average 16-year-old boy. He's coming to terms with life, school, and the realization that he's gay. Throw in the fact that he's from a long bloodline of witches, and he's got a whole new cauldron of problems. Unfortunately, teenage angst and magic don't mix well.

When Emmett Ray moves to the hills of Tennessee, he never expected to meet the boy of his dreams. Robert Lee is a sandy-blonde hillbilly angel with an accent as thick as the Daniel Boone National Forest. Before Emmett arrived, he wasn't sure what he wanted out of life. Now, he'll stop at nothing to make Emmett his boy.

Henry Whitman isn't anyone special, just another boy coming of age in rural America. That is until his mom gets a job in Salem, Massachusetts. However, he's having trouble fitting into his new town that is shrouded in history and scandal. Everything in Salem is about witches and history. Especially in October.

Isaiah and Ezra have been friends since they were little boys. They have a special connection neither of them could figure out until now. They're in love. However, in their society, loving someone of the same gender is forbidden. When the community reverend catches them in a compromising position, he decides to out them to their parents and community. What the reverend doesn't count on is that love is stronger than hate.

When Dewey Preston decides to head west, his parents aren't happy. He's got his eyes set on a songwriter's utopia in the hills above Los Angeles. He wants to follow in the footsteps of other great folk musicians. Is there any more extraordinary place than Laurel Canyon, where celebrities like Mama Cass and David Crosby reside?

Kenny's had a hard life. His parents didn't want him, and now he's been laid off from his job. Desperate for change, he decides to leave the town he's always known. Unfortunately, when his truck breaks down on a deserted back road, he's not sure what he's going to do. He's out of money, out of hope, and out of time.