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As long as Carmel stays in London, nothing can happen to shatter her perfect life. She has a wonderful marriage, a rewarding career and a great bunch of friends. As far as she's concerned, the sadness of her past can stay back in Ireland, where it belongs. For Carmel, Ireland only means misery, loneliness and fear and she never wants to return. The new, confident and happy Carmel only exists on the cosmopolitan streets of Britain's capital. If she ever was forced to return, she fears she would revert to the mousey downtrodden woman she once was.

Kalifornien, 1875: Verstoßen von ihrem wohlhabenden Stiefvater, reist Kathryn Walsh in die raue Bergarbeiterstadt Calvada nahe der Sierra Nevada. Dort tritt sie das Erbe eines Onkels an, den sie nie persönlich kennengelernt hat - ein heruntergekommenes Zeitungsbüro, umgeben von Saloons und Bordellen, sowie eine vermeintlich wertlose Mine. Nicht gerade die besten Voraussetzungen für einen Neustart ... Doch Kathryn ist klug, selbstbewusst und mutig. Sie erweckt die Zeitung "The Voice" zu neuem Leben und nimmt hinsichtlich der Zustände vor Ort kein Blatt vor den Mund.

Irland, Anfang der 90er. Lucy fühlt sich fehl am Platz. Familie und Freunde warten nur darauf, dass sie das tut, was alle tun: ihren Freund heiraten und Mutter werden. Während eines langen heißen Sommers fühlt Lucy sich plötzlich zu ihrer Freundin Susannah hingezogen, und sie beginnt zu verstehen, warum sie anders ist. Aus der zarten Verliebtheit wird schnell eine verzweifelte Liebe, die alles infrage stellt, woran Lucy bisher glaubte.

The injustice of the past and dangers of the present envelop policewoman Renee Burns when her unwilling return to the small country town of her childhood plunges her into the investigation of a murdered woman.

The queen bee of the fictional village of Riseholme, Mrs. Emmeline ‘Lucia’ Lucas is a snobbish yet oddly charming woman who prides herself on being the cultural and intellectual leader of her community. She dabbles in art, plants Shakespeare-themed flower arrangements in her garden and uses fake Italian phrases to maintain her social standing. Trouble brews when some new arrivals to town – including the glamorous opera singer Olga Bracely and the eccentric spiritualist Daisy Quantock – begin to challenge Lucia’s hold over Riseholme.

May has finally arrived and with it, the long-awaited nuptials of Sheriff Clint Dawson to the town mayor, Mavis Fortitude Brinkman Applebee. The rustic mountain settlement is in a stir. Out-of-town guests are arriving. The new San Juan Mountain Resort is finally finished and ready for the big event. Mavis and the rest of the sisters are elated that the wedding will transpire within days, but only wish beloved sister Emma Northcott, Duchess of Ashbury, and living in England, had been able to attend.

Standing in the old farmhouse, Special Agent Nikki Hunt holds her breath as the smell of bleach overwhelms her. She can’t take her eyes off the blue baby toys scattered around the floor as her team examine the remains. A housekeeper and her three children disappeared from the property ten years ago. Do the bones belong to two of them? Did the other two survive? But before Nikki has a chance to investigate further, she receives a panicked call from the local sheriff begging for her help.

A chance meeting at a sandwich shop has Hugo harmlessly flirting with Mallory, until he realizes she's the stubborn woman who has been hounding him for months. Hugo's swift and emphatic refusal to support her investigation forces Mallory to reveal her personal connection to the case.

Set in the quaint seaside town of Tilling, inspired by the real-life village of Rye where Benson once lived, busybody Miss Mapp is known for her sharp eye and even sharper tongue. Usually found spying on the neighbourhood through her bay window, Elizabeth works hard to maintain her social standing through winning bridge games, making the most lavish dresses of the town and obtaining the best gossip.

Claire O’Connor’s life has been on hold since she broke up with Tom Morton and moved from cosmopolitan London back home to the rugged West of Ireland to care for her dying father. But snatches of her old life are sure to follow her, when Tom unexpectedly moves nearby for work. As Claire is thrown back into a love she thought she’d left behind, she questions if Tom has come for her or for himself.

I was born into privilege. I had it all; the house, the car, more money than I knew what to do with. But it came at a price. Duty. An arranged marriage for the sake of the family empire to a woman who couldn’t bear to look at me. As I stood at the altar, the weight of that burden became too much. So, I did the only thing I could. I ran. To another country and unintentionally straight into the arms of another woman.

New World Shipping supervisor Ben Harrison is a happily married man in his mid-thirties when he wakes up alone—and dead. Isolated in a strange new place where all the clocks read 6:55, the last thing Ben remembers is a series of both good and bad memories. When he finds a bakery that hasn’t existed since his childhood, he meets the owner, Harold Toll, who explains that they’re in purgatory. Ben’s fate now lies in an upper power’s hands, so he must make the most of it.

Cathy ist eine Elfe und eine begabte Malerin. Als ihr Gatte auf eine Dienstreise muss, beschließt sie, auf die Insel Runghold - Insel der Inspiration zu fahren. Obwohl sie die Ferien dort mit ihren Eltern verbracht hat, war sie noch nie im Norden, da ihre Mutter das Klima in der Gegend als zu rau empfand. Doch diesmal will sie einen Ort besuchen, den Freunde ihr empfohlen haben. Wird sie es schaffen?

Becca Burnside is going to make this the year she turns her forties around, and creates a life her 16-year-old self would be proud of... A smidgen of romance wouldn’t go amiss either. And with a new job, and a blossoming friendship with handsome Conal, she’s off to a great start. Or at least, she was, until her youngest son dropped the mother of all bombshells: his girlfriend, who just happens to be the daughter of Becca’s best friend Niamh, is pregnant.

Der Auftakt der mitreißenden Small-Town-Romance-Serie von Bestseller-Autorin Laura Pavlov In der malerischen Kleinstadt Magnolia Falls begegnen sich zwei, die unterschiedlicher nicht sein könnten: Romeo, ein Ex-Boxer mit düsterer Vergangenheit, der sich aus schwierigen Verhältnissen hochgearbeitet hat und nun ein Fitnessstudio besitzt. Und Demi, die Tochter aus gutem Haus, die nach der Rückkehr in ihre Heimatstadt ein Café direkt neben Romeos Studio eröffnet. Als Nachbarn stehen sie ab Minute eins auf Kriegsfuß, denn es war Demis Familie, die Romeo vor Jahren skrupellos in den Abgrund riss.

I moved home to take care of my grandmother. Instead, I got caught up with the worst kind of people in town, and now, I'm the personal punching bag for a member of the mafia who has no intention of ever letting me go. He doesn't care about me. He cares about what he owns. I used to care about things like staying alive or trying to be a good man, but the longer this goes on, the harder it is to see a future different from this. I don't even have friends in this town.

Saffron sank into a despondent heap by the side of the road, wedding dress and all. I've made a terrible mistake. I never should have tried to run. It'll just make it worse when they catch me and take me back. This time, a voice answered from inside her. It was the voice of her fox, which was usually still and quiet inside her. The only time it had spoken to her lately was a single word, back in town: Run! Now, it told her to be calm. We're going to get out of this.

Ausgerechnet der Brandl Sepp, ein Gscheidhaferl vor dem Herrn, gelangt ans Mikrofon des örtlichen Radiosenders und hat keine Ahnung, dass er live auf Sendung ist … Zwischen der Pubertät ihrer Teenies, Hühnern und Rasenmäherroboter versucht Franzi, den Schritt in die Selbständigkeit gut geplant umzusetzen. Wäre da nicht ihr Vater Sepp, der zu jeder noch so verschwindend geringen Kleinigkeit etwas beizutragen hat. Seine ungefragte Hilfsbereitschaft stürzt Franzi beinahe ins Chaos.

Every girl dreams of meeting her celebrity crush. Unfortunately, my dreams weren't coming true. I was on national television, standing in front of my celebrity nemesis, and ten hours earlier, I had his tongue down my throat.

Ein neues Fernsehquiz versetzt das Haus Sonnenuntergang in helle Aufregung. In der "Ü80 Show" können drei Senioren und eine Pflägekraft 50.000 Euro gewinnen. Diese Chance lässt sich Sybille Bullatschek natürlich nicht entgehen und bewirbt kurzerhand das Heim für einen Auftritt in der Sendung, natürlich ohne ihren Chef, Herrn Otterle, einzuweihen. Als die Zusage kommt muss sie nicht nur ihn von der Wichtigkeit der Show überzeugen, sondern auch die euphorischen Senioren im Zaum halten, die ihrem Auftritt in der Show entgegenfiebern und das komplette Heim in den Wahnsinn treiben.