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"July, 1922. Newly-appointed 'movie czar' William H. Hays is about to arrive in town on a single-minded mission to clean up Hollywood. He is said to be compiling a list of 'undesirables' whom he plans to bar from screen work. They call it the Doom List....
"In the midst of war, she knew her place was not at home ... The most ambitious of three sisters, Lorraine 'Raine' Linfoot always dreamed of becoming a pilot. As a spirited seventeen-year-old, she persuades her hero Doug Williams to teach her to fly....
"Ella has never known love. Left as a baby outside the workhouse, Ella has only ever been treated with unkindness; especially from the hateful guardians of the workhouse, who hold the fate of the inmates in their cruel hands. When she is sold as a sc...
"Can one promise change the fate of two women decades apart? Scotland, 1940. War rages across Europe, but Invermoray House is at peace - until the night of Constance's 21st birthday, when she's the only person to see a Spitfire crash into the loch. R...
"As if everyday life in London's slums wasn't hard enough for Jane Roberts and her three children, the day that ne'er-do-well husband Bert walks out on his family as rent day draws near is a particularly dark time. In the wake of his desertion, the family...
"Venice, 1943: The world is at war, and Stella Jilani is leading a double life. By day she works in the lion's den as a typist for the Reich; by night, she risks her life as a messenger for the Italian resistance. Against all odds, Stella must impart...
"A family man is stabbed to death at a crowded Christmas Ice Show. Murdered in plain sight. No clues, no witnesses, no known motive. A week later, two bodies are discovered at a holiday cottage in a remote highland glen: one in the kitchen; the other...
"Professor Matt Hunter is an atheist ex-minister and expert on religion, brought in by the police to advise on cases where there is a supernatural overtone. When they receive a report of strange whispers behind a blood-soaked door, they are baffled to...
"August 1973. The Glasgow drugs trade is booming and Bobby March, the city's own rock-star hero, has just OD'ed in a central hotel. Alice Winters is twelve years old, lonely. And missing. Meanwhile the niece of McCoy's boss has fallen in with a bad crowd...
"It doesn't look like much from the outside, but Cherry Blossom Mews is a miraculous place. It's somewhere that finds you, rather than the other way around. Sadie McQueen has leased a double fronted space in this small cul de sac in a culturally diverse...
"Shakespeare's Ophelia was a lover, a madwoman and a victim. The real Ofelia is a very different story: a leader, a fighter and a fiercely independent woman ... As a young girl, Ofelia stood frozen as her mother threw herself on her father's funeral pyre....
"On a trip of a lifetime to India with her best friends, Bea is given an unexpected present - an hour with a celebrated mystic and clairvoyant. Highly sceptical, Bea is forced to confront some hard truths that the mystic has so eerily picked up on,.....
"At the age of 90-something, Beryl Dusinbery is forgetting everything - including her own children. She spends her days stitching morbid samplers and tormenting her two long-suffering carers, Nastya and Euphoria, with tangled stories of her husbands and...
"Night Sleep Death The Stars is a gripping examination of contemporary America through the prism of a family tragedy: when a powerful parent dies, each of his adult children reacts in startling and unexpected ways, and his grieving widow in the most ...
"Hugely acclaimed during her lifetime, writer Edith Wharton is back - with the most extraordinary opportunity. Summoned to a room in the afterlife, Edith finds the manuscript of a new novella inspired by her life. A letter from her one-time editor ad...
"As the wife of retired ship's doctor Dr Henry Parker, Evelyn is living out her twilight years aboard the Golden Sunset. Every night she dresses for dinner - gown, tiara, runners - and regales her fellow passengers with stories of a glamorous life tr...
"A regular weekday morning veers drastically off-course for a group of strangers whose paths cross in a London cafe - their lives never to be the same again when an apparently crazed gunman holds them hostage. But there is more to the situation than ...
"In the summer of 1912, a workman's pickaxe strikes through the floor of an old tenement house in Cheapside, London, uncovering a cache of unimaginably valuable treasure that quickly disappears again. Present day. When respected jewellery historian, ...
"Red Dirt Country features the thrilling return of Detective Dave Burrows, now a member of the stock squad in Western Australia. Recovering from an undercover case in outback Queensland, Dave Burrows finally returns to Perth, to join his pregnant wif...
"She is a celebrated writer stranded in Paris after her French lover is killed fighting the German invasion. He is a volatile young man with a deadly secret, fleeing Nazi-controlled Austria. Only the Nazis could bring them together. Armed with a precious...
"21-year-old Olivia hears the world in colour, but her life is mottled grey. Estranged from her parents, and living with her grandfather who is drowning in sadness, Oli faces the reality of life beyond university alone. When she wakes on a boat with ...
"Discover the world of a small homestead perched on the sunburnt farmland of northern Victoria. Meet Elise, whose urbane 1950s glamour is rudely transplanted to the pragmatic red soil of the Mallee when her husband returns to work the family farm. But...
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"It's the breezy Scottish summer of 1936 and aristocratic sleuth Dandy Gilver, along with trusted colleague Alec Osborne, has been called to solve the strange case of the Cramond Ferrywoman, on the Firth of Forth. From their cheerless digs in a local...
"'I made what may be called a rash and foolish marriage to a man I scarcely knew.' 1904: Cathie longs for adventure. A whirlwind romance with soldier and artist Herbert Jackson offers this and more, but Herbert is violently jealous and she is soon fighting...
"Eccentric artist and indomitable amateur sleuth Primrose Oughterard is back in Lewes after her 'Baden-Baden' sojourn, but finds tragedy on her doorstep once again with the news that Elspeth Travers has drowned at sea while bathing at Birling Gap. Th...
"Ireland, 1901: The work house gates clanged shut behind us, as me and the mammy walked down the hill towards the town. I was six years old and leaving the only home I had ever known ... When Cissy Ryan's real mother comes to claim her from the workhouse,...
"Margate, 1786. Dairymaid Molly Goodchild dreams of a better life. Up at the crack of dawn to milk her uncle's cows, the one comfort of her day is her friendship with apprentice gardener, Charlie. When dashing naval officer, Nicholas, arrives in town,...
"Egypt, 1926. Fiercely independent American Jane Wunderly has made up her mind: she won't be swept off her feet on a trip abroad. Despite her Aunt Millie's best efforts at meddling with her love life, the young widow would rather gaze at the Great Pyramids...
"Lottie has always followed the rules, her life is comfortable and she is - finally, finally - marrying her long-term, reliable, boyfriend Dean. Tina is carefree, wild and, maybe, just a little bit careless. She doesn't understand Lottie's obsession ...
"London, 1917. When nineteen-year-old Alice Copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby. She simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family. But all Alice can think about is the small, kitten-like...
"All Beth has to do is drive her son to his under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home. Just because she knows that her former best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch...
"When Iris Armstrong goes missing, her best friend Terry, wife, mother and all-round worrier, is convinced something bad has happened. And when she finds her glamorous, feisty friend, she's right: Iris is setting out on a journey that she plans to make...
"When Alice Hale leaves a career to become a writer and follows her husband to the New York suburbs, she is unaccustomed to filling her days alone in a big, empty house. But when she finds a vintage cookbook buried in the basement, she becomes captivated...
"Drawing on the true story of the White Rose--the resistance movement of young Germans against the Nazi regime-- The Traitor tells of one woman who offers her life in the ultimate battle against tyranny, during one of history's darkest hours. In the summer...
"He loves surprises. But not this one. A schoolgirl is found dead in a park in North London and DI Charlie George is not short of suspects - is it her stepfather? Is it a sex crime? Is it race related? Charlie finally thinks he has it sorted, with his...
In pursuit of two young men accused of terrible hate crimes, Colter Shaw stumbles upon a clue to another mystery. In an effort to save the life of a young woman - and possibly others - he travels to the wilderness of Washington State to investigate a...
Newly married and navigating life with a toddler as well as her adopted adolescent son, Manon Bradshaw is happy to be working part-time in the cold cases department of the Cambridgeshire police force. Beneath the surface, however, she is struggling with...
Septuagenarian Julian Jessop is tired of hiding the deep loneliness he feels. So he begins THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT - a small green notebook containing the truth about his life. Leaving the notebook on a table in his friendly neighbourhood cafe, Julian...
Judi Westerholme has been through it. Brave and strong-willed, she's just about coping in her new role as foster parent to her orphaned niece, taking a job at the local pub to help make ends meet. Then the pub's landlord and Judi's friend, army veteran...
1879: Shipwrecked off the west coast of Australia, Louisa Reynolds is aided by an aboriginal girl and a kindly doctor, eventually making a fresh start in the town of Albany. Unexpected new friendships with two men, old gentleman George and dashing Connor,...
Carrie's best friend has an accident and can no longer make the round-the-world trip they'd planned together, so Carrie decides to go it alone. Violet is also travelling alone after splitting up with her boyfriend in Thailand. She is desperate for a ticket...
Reclusive Gothic writer R. M. Holland was most famous for his chilling story THE STRANGER. His house is now a school, Talgarth High, rumoured to be haunted by the ghost of Holland's murdered wife. The rumours also claim Holland was her murderer. Clare...
St. Pauls, Bristol, 1970: A new decade, and JT Ellington has stepped away from the private-eye game to scratch a living, respectable at last. Still his nights are full of guilt and ghosts no prayers will banish - but it's not until the past comes calling...
Once again, the plumbing at Tawcester Towers is causing consternation for the Dowager Duchess, so she gives her blessing for Blotto to take part in the Great Road Race in his beloved Lagonda...so long as he wins. The first prize of 10,000 pre-War sov...
Gilly runs her own B&B business from her much-loved family home, which she doesn't want to part with - at any price. But that's before she meets handsome estate agent Leo, and soon she begins to wonder whether selling up might not be such a bad idea after...
Jeff Blaine has been raised in Plainsville by his Aunt Beulah and Uncle Wirt from a baby, after his mother died in childbirth and his father Nate blew out of town. Twelve years later Nate returns, looking for a rest and a reconciliation with the son he...
When Dave Coppers arrives in Cheyenne, he's returning to the frontier town of his childhood not to renew old friendships, but to serve as an undercover agent for the U. S. Secret Service. Ten years earlier, a million dollars in Treasury notes - en route...
The pretty Arnold sisters have grown up on their father's farm. Ellen, loyal and honest, loves the countryside. Gina, impulsive and unreliable, craves excitement and yearns for something more than drudgery and toil. But life for the sisters and their...
Single dad Mitchell Fisher has said a firm goodbye to romance. He relishes his job cutting off the padlocks that couples fasten to his hometown's famous Victorian bridge. Only his young daughter Poppy knows that behind his prickly veneer, Mitchell is...
For the first time in years, Tatiana Goodwin feels in control. She has survived events that would make most people give up and go into hiding. Yet Tatty is still here, surrounded by her loyal family and even daring to expand the Goodwin empire. But when...
Knowing she was adopted, Lara was nevertheless happy with the parents who brought her up. But when she accidentally discovers her birth parents, she is catapulted into a life completely alien to her - and comes up against the insurmountable obstacle that...
It's 1844, and housemaid Emma's life of toil in Lewin Hall is brightened by the arrival of handsome new footman Thomas. When Emma is given an opportunity, along with Thomas and a few others, to work without supervision restoring a neglected house, they...
1967: Upon her death, Lucie Curtis's mother leaves behind a letter that sends her reeling - she was adopted when only a few days old. Soon Lucie is on her way to France to find the mother who gave birth to her during the war. But how can you find a woman...
Claire loves her job as a teacher, but always looks forward to the long summer break when she can head out into the world in search of new adventures. However, this summer is different. This summer is full of weddings. When Claire meets Gabe, a hands...
Lucinda is in an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't understand. They share a dispassionate camaraderie, but gradually her opinion begins to change. When his life is endangered her feelings intensify - ones that she's trying to ignore... Laurence's...
Ann Prentice is a quiet woman, a widow devoted to Sarah, her only child. She likes the simple things in life - soft firelight and evenings at home. After nineteen-year-old Sarah goes off to Switzerland with her friends for three weeks, Ann attends a ...
Laura Franklin, an overlooked second child, is resigned to a life in the shadow of her adored brother Charles. After he contracts polio and dies, Laura bitterly resents the subsequent arrival of her younger sister Shirley, an enchanting baby loved by...
All Eden wants to do is roam the coast surfing, at one with the waves and her board, winning enough in competitions to finance her nomadic lifestyle. But first the mysterious Finn, and then a disastrous leak from a recycling plant, scupper her plans....
Celia is alone, bereft of the three people she has held most dear - her mother, her daughter, and her husband. At only thirty-nine, she feels unable to face the decades of existence stretching out ahead of her. She travels to a picturesque island, de...
IF YOU'D NOTHING TO THINK ABOUT BUT YOURSELF FOR DAYS AND DAYS I WONDER WHAT YOU'D FIND OUT ABOUT YOURSELF... Returning from a visit to her daughter in Iraq, Joan Scudamore finds herself unexpectedly stranded in an isolated rest house, thanks to the ...
Everyone expected Isabella Charteris, sheltered and aristocratic, to marry Rupert St Loo when he came back from the war. She had known Rupert since childhood. He was handsome, strong, and deeply in love with her. It would have been such a suitable ma...
Wes Stretton has ridden a long way to gain vengeance on Yoakum, whom he holds responsible for killing his friend. The trail takes him to the town of Buckstrap, where he meets the enigmatic Lana Flushing and walks straight into a range war between riv...
When Montana prospector Luke Driscoll receives a letter from his estranged brother Nate urgently asking for help, he returns to his home in Garrison, Texas. There he learns that Nate has become embroiled in a land dispute with cattle baron Robert McTavish...
Vernon Deyre spends his childhood in fear of the grand piano, which seems to him a great and terrible Beast with ivory teeth. In consequence, he grows up regarding music with distaste and distrust. Then, years later, he attends an orchestral concert as...
1845: Since following her heart and moving from her comfortable home in Scotland to the harsh mountainside of Ardtur, County Donegal, Hannah McGinley hasn't had the easiest life. But surrounded by her two children and her loving husband Patrick, she has...
Lucas Santana is a freelance range detective - and a wanted man in some states - who has several aliases; nor is he shy about lining his own pockets in order to finance his Wyoming ranch. When a number of gold coins surface in South Texas, loot from a...
John Carshalton, late of the British army, returns to the town of Arabella in Kansas to take up a new job as sheriff. It's a peaceful life - until he gets word of outlaw gangs terrorizing settlements along the Kansas-Missouri border. When John is asked...
1942: A German aircraft crashes into a house in Worthing and causes complete devastation to the local community. Three strangers meet for the first time that day - Pip, Stella and Lillian. Lillian's little girl Flora has been hurt in the crash and is...
Southampton, 1905: Ellie-May and Jack have been inseparable since birth. They are best friends, having grown up together on the same street. But when Jack and his mother fall on hard times they are thrown into the workhouse, and he and Ellie-May are ...
'Any rag and bone!' Everyone recognises the cry of Meg Sutcliffe as she plies her trade along the back streets of Ryhope. She learnt the ropes from her dad when he returned from the War. But when tragedy struck, Meg had no choice but to continue alone....
Educated, beautiful, and the daughter of a prosperous merchant, Angelica Lilly has been invited to spend the summer in high society. Her father's wealth is opening doors and attracting marriage proposals, but Angelica still feels like an imposter among...
1888: In the East End of London, things are difficult for young Lottie and her family. Her father has just passed away, and having fallen out with Lottie's rich aunt, her mother cannot appeal to her for help. Nowadays they have to make do and mend: with...
Revenge has never been hotter. Chase Hargrove has an ingenious plan: become CEO of the company that destroyed his family. Loyal employee Haley Shaw is his unwitting secret weapon. But once passion blindsides them, exposing Chase's concealed motives a...
Can a baby solve their past mistakes? Moments after discovering a baby on his doorstep, Ranger Eli Slater finds himself being held at gunpoint by his ex, Ashlyn Darrow, claiming he'd kidnapped her daughter. But Eli's been set up and now he's determined...
What does she know? Amnesiac Jane Doe agrees to let Border Patrol Agent, Rob Valdez, help unravel the mystery of her identity. They never expected they'd uncover ties to a dangerous criminal - and find an undeniable attraction to each other. But someone...
You never forget your first... But do you give them a second chance? Years ago, Amanda Jenkins fell for bad boy Holt Dalton. Now he's still as gorgeous as ever, but with an adorable son, Robby. When Holt asks her for a second chance, it is tempting to...
He never expected to rule... She never expected to be his bride! Prince Logan wasn't destined to wear the crown and he certainly doesn't want it! But his brother's scandalous abdication leaves him no choice. Returning home, he assumes that loyal assi...
The time for secrets is over. Five years ago, Grant Everett and Harley Wingate spent one night together before Harley disappeared. Now Harley's back - with a son. Grant once more gives in to desire. But can he stop Harley from leaving town again by giving...
Capturing the Viking warrior in her cellar... Lady Annis must stop Viking, Rurik Sigurdson, from discovering the truth about his family's death. Her only solution is to imprison him. But as the ruggedly handsome Viking starts to charm his way out of his...
An accomplished beauty... But a most unsuitable match! Natalya Fairchild can't help but be drawn to Tristan Quintrell, Lord Dalmorren, with his effortless charisma, even if he's not her intended bridegroom. Tristan is an eligible society catch...wher...
A new position for the governess...as mistress of Pendragon Hall? Unfairly dismissed from her previous position, her reputation ruined, governess Maud Wilmot is forced to take on a new identity. When she feels an ever-growing attraction to her new em...
One shy nurse... One liaison of a lifetime! When surgical nurse Riley King shares an unexpected night of passion with heartthrob surgeon, Justin Brothers, she vows that their intense connection is for one night only! Riley's not looking for a relationship...
Opposites in everything...except needing to marry! For Adelia Worthington, marrying railway magnate Simeon Morgan will secure her family's home, and in return she'll give Simeon a place in society. It's the last thing either wants - especially when it's...
When his enemy...becomes his truly tempting ally! Inigo's best friend's life was cut brutally short by his association with the lovely Audevere Brenley and her father. Now Inigo seeks justice. But never did he dream that his greatest ally would be Au...
A marriage made on paper... A passion explored in paradise! When nurse Kenzie Steele takes a job as a companion for a wealthy lady on an idyllic Thai island, she's certainly not looking for love. But to secure her family's legacy, she does need a hus...
A stolen moment... A lifetime together? Three years ago, single mum and nurse Lacey lost her husband in the same IED blast that left his best friend, ER doc Scott, with an injured leg and survivor's guilt. Thrill-seeker Scott's sworn to always be there...
Her three-year-old secret...is about to be revealed! Between her job with Queen Victoria's Air Ambulance and raising her three-year-old daughter, midwife Chloe Larson's too busy to find love. Only, maybe love has found her... Xander Jameson - the gor...
Can they afford to risk their friendship...by giving in to their desire? Following her painful divorce, nomadic midwife Isabella Nicholson is determined to put down roots. And where better than in London with best friend, obstetrician Raphael Dubois?...
The ultimate prize? Capturing the guarded bachelor's heart...Entering the "Hospital Challenge," the last person single mom, paramedic Hannah Greene, wants to be partnered with is Matt Lawson! She'd planned on winning the competition, not getting distracted...
She's the one that got away... Now, could the future be theirs? Gwen Phillips focuses on her daughter and late husband's foundation, burying her pain deep. Until maverick rugby legend Ryan Phillips walks back into her life, determined to live up to h...
Can a tiny unexpected baby...bring them back together? When billionaire Jake Cartwright finds an abandoned baby at his Mayfair hotel, he finds himself up close and personal with ex Isobel Brennan once again. Jake's long-buried feelings are quickly un...
The man who broke her heart...wants to win her back! Millionaire entrepreneur Damon Macy bitterly regrets betraying Eve Clark four years ago. Preventing a massive development in her beloved seaside town seems the perfect way to make amends. Only his ...
She kept their child hidden... Now the secret's out! Valentino Casale is outraged to find Kiara kept their daughter a secret from him for two years! Forever branded by his own illegitimacy, the hardened billionaire wants to do things differently... Kiara...
'I wouldn't date you for a million dollars.' 'How about two million?' Stephanie Logan would love to throw Damen Nicolaides's outrageous proposal that she pose as his girlfriend back in his face - but the truth is she needs his money to save her family....
Can he persuade his Cinderella...they're meant for one another? Billionaire Raoul Fontesquieu is starting a new life with his recently-discovered son, hiring a housekeeper, Cami Delon to help. But soon, Cami enchants Raoul. Will he be able to convince...
From destitute...to wearing the Spaniard's diamond! There's something familiar about the penniless yet fiery woman Cristiano Velazquez saves from the Paris streets. Yes, the red-headed wildcat makes his blood run red-hot. But it's not until he gives her...
She doesn't recognise her husband, but her body does... Sasha's life changes beyond recognition after a shocking accident - her amnesia has made sure of that. She can't even remember marrying Apollo, her devastatingly handsome Greek husband! Although...
She's never been touched...but she's carrying his heir! Seven-months pregnant, innocent surrogate Rosalie realises she can't bear to give away the child she's carrying for a childless Italian couple. She flies to Venice to beg forgiveness, only to di...
There's a billionaire on her doorstep...ready to secure his legacy! As commanding tycoon Matt's secretary, it's Violet's job to be prepared for anything. Though absolutely nothing could have prepared her for today. Handing in her notice was not part ...
From the VIP guest's bed...to expecting his royal heir! After a fleeting yet exhilarating affair with Sheikh Sariq, hotel concierge Daisy's life can't be ordinary again! She resigns herself to only ever re-living the pleasure in her memory. But then she...
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