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When Clara Winter left her rural Adirondack Mountain town for college, she never looked back. Her mother, Tamar, a fiercely independent but loving woman who raised Clara on her own, all but pushed her out the door, forcing Clara to build a new life for herself, far from her roots, far from her high-school boyfriend, and far from the life she had known. Now more than a decade has passed, and Clara, a successful writer, has been summoned home.

Jessica Hayes has only ever wanted to prove she could be an asset to her father and his company. She’s so determined to get his approval, she agreed to marry Warner, the man her father is grooming to take over the family business. But Warner doesn’t want a business partner, and leaving Jessica behind in Cedar Ridge is just the beginning of what he’ll do to get what he wants.

Ein ganzes Eifel-Dorf im Winterzauber! Kurz vor dem Fest hängt bei Peter und Sophie der Haussegen gehörig schief. Dabei wollten sie beide doch nur das Beste. Sophie hat sich Hals über Kopf in ein neues Café-Projekt gestürzt. Und Peter möchte Sophie überraschen und nimmt heimlich Tanzstunden - mit ungeahnten Folgen. Währenddessen ist ganz Wümmerscheid-Sollensbach im Weihnachtsfieber. Eine Besuchergruppe aus der englischen Partnerstadt hat sich angekündigt, um die wahre "German Weihnacht" zu erleben. Klar, dass sich alle Dorfbewohner bei den Vorbereitungen kräftig ins Zeug legen.

Von Hoffnungen, Sehnsüchten, harten Zeiten und Lebenswillen. Hallertau, 1936: Nachdem das Geistbeck'sche Anwesen versteigert worden ist, scheint es für die drei Töchter des einstigen Großbauern keine Zukunft mehr in Deimhausen zu geben. Immerhin wird Zenzi, die älteste, endlich die Frau von Peter, den sie seit ihrer Jugend liebt. Resi hat ins benachbarte Dorf geheiratet und ist an der Seite von Korbinian Hardt Bäuerin und "Schmiewirtin". Nur die jüngste Schwester, Wally, arbeitet weiterhin als Haushälterin in München und ist auf der Suche nach ihrem Platz im Leben.

In a village in Wiltshire, just off a busy road, Larch Tree Lane winds slowly up a low hill. Among the residents is Maggie Hatherall, full of life despite her advancing years, who worries what she is going to do with her 200-year-old home. Lucia Grey has escaped a bad marriage but her ex is reluctant to let her start a new life free of him. And for architect Corin Drayton, an unexpected inheritance is the start of a complicated family wrangle. From the cottages and farms to the local shop, pub and old manor house, the residents' lives are set to intertwine and relationships bloom.

Vor zehn Jahren hat mich Tucker mit seiner sexy Ausstrahlung in den Bann gezogen. Aber er ließ mich fallen und ich bin gegangen, ohne jemals zurückzublicken. Und doch habe ich den ersten Mann, den ich liebte, nie vergessen. Jetzt bin ich, Sam, zurück auf der Ranch meiner Familie und er ist immer noch da. Und obwohl ich mir geschworen habe, ihn zu hassen, will ich ihn mehr als alles andere in meinem Leben. Auch wenn es mich dieses Mal mehr kosten wird als mein Herz... Die "Ryker Ranch" - der Ort an dem die Leidenschaft für Pferde, für das eigene Land und für die Familie zuhause ist.

When the sleepy Scottish village of Cuddyford is colonised by well-heeled retirees and big-city commuters, Jigger McCloud, a Jack-the-lad local with an eye for the ladies, isn’t slow to make a quick buck at their expense. Life seems rosy for Jigger and his odd-but-loveable family, until he tries to scam a mysterious foreign millionaire, who arrives on the scene with plans to develop the area in unappealing ways. The folk of Cuddyford, native and otherwise, promptly close ranks.

The last thing advertising art director Lucy Bellamy wants is to go home to the Outback, but duty to family calls. At least there's one bonus—her first love, sexy cowboy neighbor, Garth Mackenzie, is there and the attraction between them is still explosive. But Lucy has no intention of getting stuck in this two-bit town and she counts down the days until she can go back to her real life.

Nachdem wir das Angebot einer TV-Produktionsfirma angenommen haben, ist aus unserer Rinderfarm eine Touristen-Ranch geworden. Doch die Produzenten wollen noch mehr Persönliches von uns und in meiner Not habe ich erzählt, dass ich verlobt bin. Zu dumm, denn das ist eine dreiste Lüge. Jetzt muss ich für die nächsten zwölf Wochen eine Verlobte vorweisen. Dafür eignet sich eigentlich niemand besser als meine Jugendfreundin Penny. Sie ist hinreißend und klug, aber leider auch entsetzlich störrisch. Ich denke, für diese kurze Zeit werden wir das schon irgendwie schaffen.

Lancashire, 1895. When her controlling stepfather suddenly dies, it seems that Elinor Pendleton finally has a chance of freedom. But her hopes are soon dashed when she learns that the thuggish Jason Stafford has inherited every penny, and is determined to have Elinor too. Forced to flee with her maid, Maude, Elinor finds shelter with Maude's distant cousin in the remote village on the shore of Jubilee Lake. But Walter Crossley has troubles of his own. Having lost his closest family in a tragic accident, he needs one of his grandsons to return from America to inherit his farm.

Krystle didn’t have a normal childhood and longed for warm family Christmases with presents under the tree. Now she makes sure everyone else has the perfect Christmas she never had. With her festive business booming, she decides to celebrate by renting a secluded house in the Lakes, with a plan to make this the ultimate yuletide getaway. But fate immediately throws a spanner in the works in the form of a broken-down car, a flooded river and Max; a man who despises Christmas. Krystle becomes determined to show Max the joys of the holiday. Can she melt Max’s Grinch-like heart?

From Liverpool’s best-loved author comes a superb novel of loss and grief, love and hope, set on Merseyside in 1920.

When Sheriff Cody Banks’ wife died, he blamed Abby Brennan and, in his grief, made sure she knew it. Looking back, he knows that his behaviour was likely the reason Abby left town years ago. So when he sees her—and the child she’s raising in town, Cody attempts to apologise, ashamed to see the fear he puts in her beautiful eyes and determined to show her he's no longer that same angry man.

For two decades, Lena Blackwell has kept her sons at her side, teaching them everything she knows about running their successful river lodge in Northern Maine. But what she really wants is to keep her boys in the dark about their tragic past. Her son Luke is right where he belongs, working at the family inn sheltered by acres of pine forest that stretch along the Penobscot River. Lena is determined to thwart her adopted son Jonah’s search to uncover his own history. But the unexpected arrival of old friends looking for a weekend off the grid at the inn throws her plans into disarray.

Like every mum, Tara wants a perfect Christmas for her family—but no one else is lifting a finger and she’s losing her elf-ing mind. From the kids behaving badly (vaping! Potty training! The Nativity!), to a distracted husband acting very out of character, the last straw is Tara’s glamorous, feckless, boundary-less mother moving herself back in for the holidays. Can Tara pull off the holly jolly Christmas of her dreams? Will she deck the halls and not her family? Or is this a Christmas catastrophe waiting to happen?

It’s Christmas Eve and Little Elf is thrilled to join the other elves in Santa’s workshop for the first year ever. And he’s even more excited to read out the very last letter to Santa, but all it takes is one little slip on the slidey ice and Little Elf drops the letter! He has no idea what the child wants for Christmas, and it’s only a few hours until Christmas morning. An accident-filled chase ensues, but will Little Elf be able to catch the letter and grant the last child’s wish before it’s too late?

Cousins Tabby and Ellie Mae are due for a change. Running their aunt’s beachfront bed-and-breakfast in Sandcastle, Texas, is just the thing to shake things up…though their lives spin out of control in more ways than one when a hurricane barrels into the coastline. It’s a miracle it didn’t carry them off to Kansas. Not so lucky are the assisted-living center and a small eclectic group of local folks who take shelter with the cousins.

In 1971, a property speculator named Harley Mann begins recording his life story onto a reel-to-reel machine. Reflecting on his childhood in the early 20th century, Harley recounts that after his father’s sudden death, his family migrated down to Florida’s swamplands—mere miles away from what would become Disney World—to join a community of Shakers.

When Sheriff Cody Banks’s wife died, he blamed Abby Brennan for the illness he's sure killed Deborah and, in his grief, made sure she knew it. Looking back now, he knows that his behavior was likely the reason Abby left town years ago. So when he sees her—and the child she’s raising—at her great-uncle's funeral, Cody attempts to apologize, ashamed to see the fear he puts in her beautiful eyes and determined to show her he's no longer that same angry man.

Samuel Williams braucht eine Auszeit. Nicht nur erwartet seine Lebenspartnerin Marit ein Kind von ihm – seit Weihnachten will ihm auch die Kriminalkommissarin Maja-Sofia Rantatalo nicht aus dem Kopf gehen. Auf Anraten seines Mentors zieht sich der Pfarrer für ein paar Tage in ein verschneites Schweigekloster zurück, um über seine Zukunft nachzudenken. Doch die Ruhe wird jäh gestört, als Maja-Sofia ihm einen unverhofften Besuch abstattet: Eine alte Frau wurde ermordet, und die Spuren führen direkt zu der Klostergemeinschaft.