検索キーワード： "ハピネス" 田舎町・農村

Seventeen-year-old Noel Crowe is idling in the unexpected sunshine when Christy makes his first entrance into Faha, bringing secrets he needs to atone for. Though he can't explain it, Noel knows right then: something has changed. As the people of Faha anticipate the endlessly procrastinated advent of the electricity, and Noel navigates his own coming-of-age and his fallings in and out of love, Christy's past gradually comes to light, casting a new glow on a small world.

Cecil Younger is a man who takes comfort in the absurdity of the universe, and the universe is obliging him when he gets a call from his lawyer and psychiatrist, who offers him a job. A client wants to hire Younger to kill someone. Though common sense tells him murder just isn't a good career move, his finances tell him it can't hurt to meet his potential client, hoping he can succeed in appeasing him - without a dead body.  

Kann man Glück und Liebe in einem Stoff verweben? Harriet Harper wagt den Sprung in eine ungewisse Selbstständigkeit. Die Textildesignerin verlässt Londons schnelllebige Modebranche und gründet in Kirkby eine Weberei, um nachhaltige, stilvolle Stoffe herzustellen - und ein paar persönliche Wunden zu flicken. Die kühne Idee stößt vor allem bei Bürgermeister Collum McDonald auf Begeisterung. Er träumt laut von einem eigenen Dorf-Tartan und heimlich von der zauberhaften Harriet als First Lady von Kirkby. Doch so glücklich sein Händchen für den Ort ist, in Liebesdingen ist er erschütternd hilflos.

Wer an dieser Quelle seine wahre Liebe küsst, bleibt für immer mit ihr zusammen... Zwanzig Jahre nach dem ersten Kuss kehrt Adley MacAlpine nach Kirkby zurück und begegnet prompt Michael Cunningham, dem sie mit süßen vierzehn an der geheimnisvollen Waldquelle ewige Liebe geschworen hat. Nur um kurz darauf mit ihren Eltern nach Neuseeland auszuwandern. Inzwischen ist alles anders. Beide sind erwachsen, das Leben hat für Erfahrungen und Narben gesorgt und Adley eine kleine Tochter geschenkt.

Sally Curtis is all about numbers, details, and the crisp pages of accounting ledgers at the inn. She isn’t interested in messy human interactions or anything that doesn’t compute in a spreadsheet. But when Peter Slessing, the farmer with a contagious laugh, requires her skills, she's thrust into a world where calculations meet chaos.

Ava loves city life, but when something happens to make her feel unsafe, she retreats to the calm and quiet of Bluebell Wood. The once high-flying Ava now locks herself away in her fairy-tale cottage, only leaving to explore the trails of the nearby woods or to potter in the garden with her dog, Merlin. When Ava begins to feed the wild birds that flock to her bird table, they start leaving her trinkets of appreciation in return. The gifts seem innocent at first, but they soon take on a deeper meaning.