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Abandoned by the father of her child, May Taylor supports herself by her work as a gifter wedding planner with her best friend and great-aunt, carrying on the timeless traditions established by her grandmother and mother. She is a devoted mother to her daughter, Kylie - a very special child. For Kylie sees and hears things no one else can. Her unique visions will lead May to a love she never expected and a life she never imagined.

Frustrated divorcée Amy Warren is striving to fix her life by helping her hometown buy the local mill, and then she can put her Plan for the Rest of Her Life in action by buying a rundown cottage and turning it into her heart’s desire. Amy’s plan shatters when Jean-Jacques St. Etienne arrives with loads of cash, charisma, and expertise, with every intention of buying the mill for its designs and then abandoning the community. A European playboy, he has no interest in anything except staying occupied so he needn’t remember the tragedy haunting him.

Lydie McBride has always embraced life to the fullest. But when an unthinkable tragedy strikes her family, everything she believes in is shattered. Her architect husband, Michael, watches the passion disappear from Lydie’s eyes and from their marriage, and hopes that an assignment to Paris will help them reclaim a love that once seemed unassailable. But the City of Lights holds secrets and seductions for them both.

Marnie FitzPatrick is a reclusive sixth former from Hertfordshire with a dysfunctional family, a penchant for Pythagoras' theorem and an addiction to doughnuts and gin. Julie Crewe is a disillusioned maths teacher who lives vicariously through the girls she teaches, yet who once danced barefoot through Central Park with a man called Jo she has never been able to forget.

Artist Dana Underhill has always been a free spirit, traveling the world, filling her canvases with the mysterious colors of the seas she and her sister have sailed since childhood. Then on a calm, moonlit night an inexplicable “accident” occurs and Dana is called home to Hubbard’s Point to become a mother to her two young nieces, a challenge unlike any she’s ever known. As Dana and the girls struggle to begin a new life - and to find the truth about what happened to Dana’s sister and brother-in-law - help comes in the person of an old childhood friend.

When Amber Watson walks in on her husband in the throes of extramarital passion with one of his employees, her comfortable, passion-free life is shattered in an instant. Worse, the fate of the successful country music bar that bears her family's name suddenly hangs in the balance. Her soon to be ex-husband is one of the bar's official owners, his mistress one of its employees. Will her divorce destroy her late father's legacy?

Gerade noch rechtzeitig wird Kasia von Raif, dem Sohn des Scheichs, aus einem Sandsturm gerettet. Die erotische Anziehungskraft zwischen ihnen ist stärker als jede Vernunft. Willenlos vor Erregung schenkt Kasia dem Wüstenprinzen unter tausend Sternen ihre Unschuld. Ihr Schicksal scheint besiegelt. Nach Landestradition bedeutet das Heirat. Aber das ist für Kasia undenkbar! Überstürzt flieht sie nach England, wo Raif sie einige Monate später aufspürt. Sie wappnet sich gegen seinen Zorn, weil sie ihn verlassen hat. Aber er will nur eins: eine zweite Nacht...

Seidiges Haar auf seinem Kissen, verlockende Kurven unter rotem Samt … Als Selfmade-Milliardär Jack Wolfe im Morgengrauen nach Hause kommt, wähnt er sich in einem erotischen Traum: Eine sexy Fremde im Rotkäppchenkostüm liegt in seinem Bett. Kinderanimateurin Katie ist beim Warten auf ihn eingenickt; jetzt teilt sie ihm mit, dass ihre Schwester die Zweckverlobung mit ihm löst. Jacks Erregung verwandelt sich in Wut: Er braucht dringend eine Braut, und Katie muss einspringen! Ein gefährlich sinnlicher Plan mit märchenhaft süßen Folgen.

After a nasty breakup, Tally Gladstone has no interest in anything serious. But she's dipped her wary toe back into dating with a few blind dates - all bad…or worse. The only good thing to come out of it is a sizable following on social media. Her latest date is doomed from the get-go - he isn't even straight. But at least he knows someone who meets her every very exacting wish....

As a plant geneticist, Paige has always been focused on her work, but when she and her dog run into former Navy SEAL Max, she recognizes the lonely, shattered man behind the rugged exterior. When Paige's work becomes the target of criminals and she's abducted, Max springs into action. Though still terribly wounded, this tough-as-nails SEAL goes on his last mission - stopping at nothing to save the woman he loves.