Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation's young women aren't willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.

An unintended road trip, a comical first dinner and an awkward meeting of families on Christmas day all encompass Grace and Saleem's story of an unlikely couple told via three distinctive chapters of their relationship together.

Jonathan is a lonely twenty-something, stuck in his home town working night shifts at the local convenience store. When an unexpected encounter with a mysterious woman turns his life upside down, Jonathan is stricken by illness and nightmarish visions. Paranoid and desperate, he launches on a quest across the suburbs to find the seductress who started it all. Friends and family believe he's losing his mind, but Jonathan is convinced he's the target of something far more sinister.

The new Belmarian ambassador in Washington, Magnus Anderson, cares little for childish festivities and intends to spend less then his disgraced predecessor, but the embassy has to be decorated for the annual royal charity benefit patronized by queen Therese. Professional event decorator Emily Barnes hopes this prestigious gig will finally launch her small firm big time, and wriggles her 'tastefull excess' style passed his excellency's objections by confronting him with expectations among US public and, crucially, press. To Magnus's devoted career mentor Arvid's surprise, Magnus turns to both the ornate benefit concept and the foxy decorator herself, who also wins his kid daughter's heart.