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Step into a story that remains as relevant today as it was a century ago. This stark and unflinching narrative of labor relations delivers a powerful message that resonates through time. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

When new next-door neighbors Georgia, Midge, and Lula first assembled on Georgia's porch in Charleston for sweet tea, they couldn't have known their gathering was the beginning of a treasured tradition. For 26 years they have met on Tuesdays at four o'clock, watching the seasons change and their children grow up, supporting each other in good times and in bad. With their ambitions as different as their personalities, these best friends anticipate many more years of tea time.

Becca has embarked on the most important mission of her life. On a whim, she rents a beach cottage on Palmetto Island for the summer. Help comes in an unexpected friendship with the young woman next door. Hannah has three months to plan her dream wedding. While she's eager to marry the man of her dreams, she finds the logistics of combining households and the details of organizing her event overwhelming. When she learns of a new friend's crisis, she drops everything to come to her aid.

Scout Montgomery has made a career out of searching for her missing brother. Helping runaways gives meaning to her otherwise meaningless life. She hasn't spoken to her father in nearly two decades, and her crush on her sexy coworker is going nowhere.

Amelia has been plotting to escape her abusive husband for years. When her mama's untimely death provides an unexpected opportunity, she hops on the next bus to the South Carolina Lowcountry. Her husband will eventually come for her. But she's prepared. Her freedom has given her the confidence to face her uncertain future. She settles in at her family's oceanfront estate to await her destiny. But a visit from Amelia's past presents danger in a different form.

Merriment and mayhem collide for a chaotic holiday season at the Inn at Hope Springs Farms.

Merry Mary: Investigative journalist Scottie Darden is photographing the homeless for her Lost Souls series when she makes a discovery that could change her life forever. Under a makeshift tent in subzero temperatures in a downtown city park, she finds a woman's dead body with her infant child. Breaking the Story: To attract the attention of the main players in the news industry, Scottie Darden needs a standout story with a unique perspective. What she finds is a scandal that could turn the upcoming presidential election upside-down.

Samantha Sweeney has always been the glue that holds her family together, their go-to girl for love and support. When an ATV accident leaves her teenage son in a wheelchair, she loses her carefully constructed self-control. In the after-gloom of her dreaded 50th birthday and the discovery of her husband's infidelity, Jackie realizes she must reconnect with her former self to find the happiness she needs to move forward.

Birdie Fuller doesn't like change. And a lot of change is happening at once. Her daughter, Hannah, finally cutting the apron strings, is moving with her three-year-old grandson to a nearby city. Facing a lonely empty nest, Birdie joins a dating website to find companionship. She meets the seemingly perfect man, but is their relationship too good to be true? When the past comes back to haunt Birdie, she struggles to maintain the sobriety she's worked so hard to achieve.

When the seafood business Lovie Sweeney established 60 years ago is destroyed by fire, she finds herself at the center of an arson investigation. What really happened that night? Is Lovie responsible for starting the fire, or is her family under attack from a sworn enemy? The loss of their family business leaves the Sweeney clan in flux.

There's a stranger in town. And it's no coincidence when she shows up uninvited at a Sweeney family wedding. All eyes are drawn to this urchin who seems to have washed in with the tide. Before the night is over, the doe-eyed waif charms young and old with her street smarts and spunky personality. For better or worse, Annie Dawn is here to stay.

Stella Boor's biological father is a nameless, faceless sperm donor. At least, that's what her parents have led her to believe. Imagine her surprise when she learns he's none other than rock legend Billy Jameson and that Billy has died and left Stella a historic inn on a sprawling farm in the mountains of Virginia. A city girl at heart, Stella can't imagine living anywhere but New York. Her first inclination is to sell the property. But the terms of Billy's will stipulate she manages the inn for three years before putting it on the market.

All is right in Ellie Pringle Hagood’s world. Recently married to the man of her dreams and in anticipation of the big family she’s always wanted, she focuses on restoring the large home she inherited from her grandmother on Charleston’s prestigious Battery. But then, in the midst of all her happiness, comes news that throws Ellie’s life into a tailspin.

Some families never resolve conflicts. Not so with the Sweeneys. Their sense of family, their love for one another, and their willingness to forgive have always triumphed and brought them back together. Until now. The latest crisis threatens to tear the family apart and crumble the foundation that has always proved itself rock solid. At the heart of the matter are 16-year-old Annie Bethune and her boyfriend, Cooper. At stake are their dreams for the future. As to these dreams, no one in the family holds back when asserting an opinion.

Ellie Pringle has spent endless hours and countless dollars working with a therapist to remember the lost years of her childhood. She's baffled and more than a little intrigued when the grandmother she hasn't seen in 34 years dies and leaves her a fortune. The time has come to face her past in person. Still reeling from a recent breakup of a long-term relationship, and with nothing to keep her in San Francisco, Ellie packs her meager belongings and boards a plane for the South Carolina Lowcountry.

When electrical engineer and radio enthusiast Myles Cabot attempts to transport matter via radio wave, he finds himself transported from his home in Boston to the planet Venus, where he is captured by the Formians, a race of antlike creatures. After learning of the Cupians, a humanlike race that is subservient to the Formians, Cabot escapes and falls in love with the Cupian princess Lilla. Using his in-depth knowledge of Earth science and technology, Cabot leads the oppressed Cupians in a revolt against their Formian masters.

Birdie Fuller's new year is off to a bad start. Her husband has mysteriously disappeared, leaving Birdie to cope with their unmarried daughter's unplanned pregnancy. Birdie and Hannah disagree about the baby. Birdie urges her daughter to consider abortion, but Hannah is determined to see the pregnancy to term. When Hannah returns for her last semester in college, Birdie must face her demons, the problems in her marriage that drove her husband to clean out their bank accounts and run off with another woman.

Wedding bells will soon be ringing in the Lowcountry. All Sam Sweeney wants is to marry her man on Christmas Eve surrounded by family and friends. But emerging complications, some humorous and some not so humorous, threaten to converge and derail the best-laid plans during the busy stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Dive into the thrilling second installment of Ralph Milne Farleys fantastical series, where interplanetary adventure awaits! Picking up where An Earthman On Venus left off, we follow Myles Cabot, an Earth-born electrical engineer who found himself on the alien world of Poros. After escaping from the clutches of giant intelligent ants known as the Formians, who have enslaved the human-like Cupians for centuries, Cabots journey led him to rescue the captivating Cupian princess, Lilla. But now, a new threat looms as a vengeful Prince Yuri, a renegade Cupian, rallies the Formian empire against ...

An Earthman On Venus first captivated readers in 1924 as a serialized tale titled The Radio Man. This enthralling science fiction adventure, reminiscent of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, follows Myles Cabot, an unsuspecting Earthman who finds himself mysteriously transported to the planet Venus. Stripped of clothing and weapons, he navigates a perilous world teeming with man-eating plants and colossal insects. As he grapples with his strange new reality, Myles discovers that the planet is dominated by towering ant-men, who have enslaved the Cupians, a more humanoid race. Captured almost ...