Molly is an editor and writer who loses her job when the local newspaper closes down back home in Connecticut. Patrick who lives in London is drowning in work. Their respective friends persuade them to do a house swap via an agency before Christmas. While living in each other's residences, they begin to exchange messages and a friendship begins to build.
A good romantic movie. Nice change that they build up the romance via messages. The parallel stories with Molly's search for her father's background etc. works well.