Annie is a young, happy foster kid who's also tough enough to make her way on the streets of New York in 2014. Originally left by her parents as a baby with the promise that they'd be back for her someday, it's been a hard knock life ever since with her mean foster mom Miss Hannigan. But everything's about to change when the hard-nosed tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks—advised by his brilliant VP and his shrewd and scheming campaign advisor—makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in. Stacks believes he's her guardian angel, but Annie's self-assured nature and bright, sun-will-come-out-tomorrow outlook on life just might mean it's the other way around.
A star athlete and top student, Luce's idealized image is challenged by one of his teachers when his unsettling views on political violence come to light, putting a strain on family bonds while igniting intense debates on race and identity.
After a botched proposal, Mya looks to find herself within the relationships that she inhabits.
Detective Peyton Sherman is on a flight home, when the mysterious woman sitting beside her demands she reveal the location of social media influencer Erin Roberts, who is in hiding, before the plane lands if she ever wants to see her daughter again.
When chef Emily Parker takes a job at Verdonia's royal palace for Christmas, she begins a romance with the castle's handyman Nick. But she doesn't know he's really Prince Nicholas and that his parents already have a bride picked for him.