New York
The Secret Ingredient
Kelly travels to New York for a baking show and runs into her ex-fiancé.
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New York
Kelly travels to New York for a baking show and runs into her ex-fiancé.
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Jesse investigates the grim works of a serial killer in Boston and becomes concerned with a wayward teen in Paradise.

A Seattle-set entry in the Mystery 101 series, and a real city mystery for a change. Jill Wagner plays a literature professor giving a talk on whodunits when a tech mogul launching a crime-solving AI turns up dead. Kristoffer Polaha is her detective partner. The case has a darker edge than typical Hallmark, with blackmail and a betrayal close to home. At 7.3 it is a sturdy cozy mystery. I will not name the culprit; the fun is watching the professor and the cop work it out. Tease, do not spoil.

Competing radio personalities in Chicago find common ground when they have to work together.

Isabella, the owner of her family's Oregon winery, takes a big leap and enters a prestigious wine competition in Paris. There she meets her biggest competitor, Jacques, from one of the world's foremost winemaking families.

Small-town baker Kelly gets a big surprise when she is invited to compete on a Valentine's Day baking show in New York City - and an even bigger surprise when she runs into her ex-fiancé.

Event planner Victoria can't wait to attend and plan her best friend's wedding in Paris. But when she finds out her ex is bringing a date, Victoria reconnects with her French childhood pen pal.

In New York City, historian Jessica is hired to create a Christmas exhibition at the Plaza Hotel. Working with decorator Nick keeps the landmark and the city setting close to the story's center.

When her niece is cast in The Philadelphia Ballet's production of the Nutcracker, a jaded ex-ballerina is forced to come to terms with the life and love she left behind.

Sean, who runs a New York City advertising agency, and Owen, a small-town handyman and musician, swap residences for the holidays. Mia, who works for Sean, helps Owen get settled into his new apartment while Ryan, sent by Owen to fix a broken heater, helps Sean find the charm of living in a small town. Owen, a fish-out-of-water in the big city, tries to flirt with Halo, an aspiring model/actress/singer who lives in the apartment building. One night after Mia has shown Owen around town, Halo sees him entering the elevator wearing clothes borrowed from Sean's closet. Thinking he's rich, Halo flirts back and sets up a date. Mia, however, warns him that she just thinks he has money because he's living in Sean's apartment and wearing Sean's clothes. On the day of the big date, Owen realizes who he really is and what he really wants in life. Meanwhile, Sean is falling in love with the local veterinarian, who happens to be harboring a big secret--or two. He's surprised when his ex-fiancee' appears on his doorstep, ready to accept his marriage proposal and move back to New York with him. This complicates Sean's blossoming relationship with the small-town girl who has told him that her career as a veterinarian relies on her staying where she is, and to simply enjoy their love while it lasts. On Christmas Eve, Sean invites Owen to come back for a special dinner, where a surprise awaits all of them.

Twenty years after she was last in Paris, a woman returns to the City of Light, where she reconnects with her college boyfriend and first love.

The star manager of a small-town clothing store is suddenly promoted to run a company's flagship store--in Manhattan. To make it in the big city, she must combine her newly-acquired New York City street-smarts with a dash of homespun charm.

When a princess escapes her entourage to explore New York City over Christmas, she meets a man who shows the beautiful stranger his side of the city.

After years organizing fashion in the city, Lauren decides to move home. In exchange for her organizing services, mover Rob makes it his mission to help her see the beauty of Seattle.

After sensing her husband is losing his Christmas spirit, Mrs. Claus travels to a place where she knows the spirit of Christmas still exists: New York City.

On Christmas Eve in Chicago, heartless publishing-exec tyrant Carol is haunted by her dead ex-boss--who is the ghost of Christmas past, present, and future.

SMOOCH is a modern retelling of the classic Frog Prince tale with a romantic comedy twist. A rakishly handsome English Royal comes to America for an arranged marriage, and ends up being mugged in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and left with amnesia. A precocious 11-year-girl, who can't bring herself to dissect a frog in science class, goes to the park with the intent of setting it free, and through a serendipitous misunderstanding thinks she turned the frog into a man after kissing the frog's boo-boo away with a kind smooch. She brings him home and soon realizes the only way she can keep him is to have the man impersonate a Royal Nanny and convince her beautiful widowed mother to hire him. With the clock ticking and his royal family searching for him, the man - whose memory eventually returns to him - falls hard for the girl's mom, and it seems like a Valentines Day dream come true until he's found by his family and is forced to finally stop being a bit of a toady... and become a real man. In the end, the little girl, the guy, and the gal, all discover that even in today's crazy world, happy ever after is possible.

An American psychologist, hired to coach a fashion designer, helps a guarded French detective unravel a list of fashionable suspects after a murder happens backstage of a Paris fashion show.

David (Kemp) is an American architect who recently moved to London for a prime opportunity in a prestigious firm. With just three days before Christmas, he must still purchase a gift for his girlfriend, who also happens to be the boss' ...

Set in 1958, follows Maggie who sneaks up to New York City to make her secret dream come true: dancing live on stage in the Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall, putting her high-society wedding plans on hold.

Amy's work trip to Venice doesn't end when the chef she hopes to recruit says no. She enrols in his cooking course to make her case.

A cryptic call about a planned jewelry heist draws a Detroit Free Press tipline operator, Maddie Moore, into a dangerous homicide case alongside a newly promoted detective. Starring Holland Roden and Chris McNally.

Disillusioned with her life, Ella embarks on a soul-searching journey to Paris where she navigates love, self-discovery and cheese in the enchanting backdrop of The City of Love.

A recently unemployed lawyer Tory embarks on a journey to find Hanukkah candles, leading her to a Chicago bar where she transforms the holiday spirit, and finds the courage to pursue a new path in life.

In the lead-up to Christmas, emergency room doctor Hannah Michaels juggles her demanding job and a budding romance with EMT Wes Sullivan in Philadelphia.

A chance encounter on Valentine's Day brings Hannah and Finn together as they race through New York City to return a lost engagement ring and save one couple's special day.

A teacher and an archivist decode Revolutionary War-era love letters, taking them on a thrilling journey through Philadelphia where they uncover history-and discover a love story of their own.

The Declaration Of Independence is stolen while on display in a Los Angeles bank. The NSA, with the assistance of a puzzle solver (Code Name: Jane Doe), becomes involved in the mystery.

A statue of an English knight arrives in Chicago for an art exhibit. While cleaning the statue, museum conservator Emily impulsively kisses the statue, bringing him to life.
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A large city must be a meaningful setting for the action, not just a character's origin or destination. Eligible films follow saved IMDb rating.
These stories move through busy streets, workplaces and neighbourhoods. The city affects the characters' choices, whether they are following a case or building a relationship. It is more than an address in the opening scene.
This guide selects urban-set catalogue entries, including postal mysteries and romances. It does not compare every Hallmark setting, so it cannot establish how often the full catalogue uses small towns.
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