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Tilly Farriday isn’t feeling very jolly this season. Recently divorced and broke, she’s squatting in one of her rental agency’s properties until her new home is ready. The sprinkles on top of the burnt Christmas cookie that is her life? The new owner shows up early, forcing Tilly to hide in the attic to save her job…and what remains of her dignity.

Wenn das kleine Cottage ihrer Großeltern nicht wäre, würde Drue Campbell den neuen Job in der Anwaltskanzlei ihres Vaters nicht aushalten. Überhaupt fühlt sie sich in ihrem Leben gerade etwas verloren. Das Strandhäuschen mit seinem alten Charme und den vielen schönen Erinnerungen gibt ihr Halt. Dann stößt Drue auf finanzielle Unregelmäßigkeiten bei einem Fall, den die Kanzlei betreut hat, und sie macht sich daran, die Wahrheit herausfinden. Viel Zeit für die Liebe bleibt ihr bei all der Aufregung nicht. Aber auch wer nicht sucht, der findet.

Hattie Kavanaugh went to work restoring homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen, married the boss’s son at twenty, and became a widow at twenty-five. Now, she’s passionate about her work, but that’s the only passion in her life. “Never love something that can’t love you back,” is advice her father-in-law gives her, but Hattie doesn’t follow it and falls head-over-heels for a money pit of a house. She’s determined to make it work, but disaster after disaster occurs, and Hattie’s dream might cost Kavanaugh & Son their livelihood.

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When newly divorced Ivy Perkins buys an old farmhouse sight unseen, she is definitely looking for a change in her life. The Four Roses, as the farmhouse is called, is a labor of love - but Ivy didn't bargain on just how much labor. The previous family left so much furniture and so much junk that it's a full-time job sorting through all of it. At the top of a closet, Ivy finds an old Santa suit - beautifully made and decades old. In the pocket of a suit she finds a note written in a childish hand.

After she discovers her sister Tanya dead on the floor of her fashionable New York City townhouse, Letty Carnahan is certain she knows who did it: Tanya’s ex; sleazy real estate entrepreneur Evan Wingfield. Even in the grip of grief and panic Letty heeds her late sister’s warnings: “If anything bad happens to me - it’s Evan. Promise me you’ll take Maya and run. Promise me.” So Letty grabs her sister’s Mercedes and hits the road....

Conley Hawkins left her family’s small town newspaper, The Silver Bay Beacon, in the rearview mirror years ago. Now a star reporter for a big-city paper, Conley is exactly where she wants to be and is about to take a fancy new position in Washington, DC. Or so she thinks. When the new job goes up in smoke, Conley finds herself right back where she started, working for her sister, who is trying to keep The Silver Bay Beacon afloat - and she doesn’t exactly have warm feelings for Conley. Soon, she is given the unenviable task of overseeing the local gossip column.

Callahan Garrity has her hands full trying to expand her House Mouse cleaning business. So she's reluctant to take on a client in need of detective services, especially when that client is the most notorious woman in Atlanta - Whitney Albright Dobbs. Whitney is a wealthy socialite who, while under the influence, hit and killed a young black girl and just kept driving. Whitney's light sentence has set the city's racial tensions ablaze, and Callahan is not especially keen on helping track down Whitney's soon-to-be-ex-husband's hidden assets.

>Die Familie, die Liebe und Feiertage voller Überraschungen Eloise Foley liebt die Weihnachtszeit. Und ganz besonders freut sie sich auf den alljährlichen Wettbewerb um die schönste Weihnachtsdekoration in den Geschäften von Savannah. In ihrem kleinen Antiquitätengeschäft erschafft sie die Weihnachtswunderwelt "Blue Christmas". Doch nicht alle sehen Weihnachten mit der gleichen freudigen Erwartung entgegen - besonders ihr Freund Daniel verhält sich in dieser Jahreszeit immer besonders distanziert.

Callahan Garrity is the owner of House Mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She's also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set. Some people might call Callahan Garrity nosy, but she prefers to think of her tendency toward snooping as a healthy interest in the truth. So when news reaches her of her cousin Patti's death during a carjacking, Callahan shakes off her House Mouse cleaning uniform to don her detective's cap.

Chef extraordinaire Gina Foxton doesn't expect anything to be handed to her on a platter. After years of hard work, the former runner-up Miss Teen Vidalia Onion is now the host of her own local Georgia public television show called Fresh Start, and she's dating the show's producer. But when her show gets canceled - and she catches her boyfriend in flagrante delicto with the boss' wife - Gina realizes that she's meant for bigger and better things. Namely, a gig on national television.

Callahan Garrity is the owner of house mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta's elite. She's also a former cop and a part-time sleuth.... Keeping Rita Fontaine, a washed-up 1960s teenage rock star, out of jail is a tough job. It's nothing less than murder when Stu Hightower, the vain, temperamental president of a thriving Atlanta recording company, is found murdered in the den of his posh home. His only companions are the slug in his heart and Rita, dead drunk and looking guilty.

Drei Frauen, zwei Familien und ein Sommer voller Geheimnisse: die perfekte Ferienlektüre - Herzklopfen inklusive...Annajane und Patricia sind beste Freundinnen seit ihrer Kindheit. Nun sind sie zu Gast auf einer Hochzeit - der Hochzeit von Annajanes Exmann Mason und der reizenden Celia. Annajane redet sich ein, dass ihr das überhaupt nichts ausmacht. Schließlich ist sie über Mason hinweg und hat neue Pläne: Gemeinsam mit ihrem neuen Verlobten Shane will sie sich ein Leben weit weg von der beschaulichen Kleinstadt am See aufbauen, in der sie aufgewachsen ist. Doch ihre beste Freundin Patricia kennt Annajane besser.

Cara versucht Fuß auf dem Heiratsmarkt zu fassen. Natürlich nur beruflich. Als Floristin entwirft sie romantische Blumenarrangements für den großen Tag. Privat glaubt Cara schon lange nicht mehr an die Liebe und mit ihrem Ehemann ist es aus. In ihrem Leben läuft es wirklich alles andere als rund: Ihr Assistent will lieber für die Konkurrenz arbeiten, ihr strenger Vater fordert sein Geld zurück und ein Hundedieb hat es auf ihren Vierbeiner abgesehen. Warum nur sieht der Kerl so unverschämt gut aus?

Callahan Garrity is the owner of House Mouse, a cleaning service that tidies up after Atlanta’s elite. She’s also a former cop and a part-time sleuth. She and her coterie of devoted helpers can ransack a house for clues faster than it takes a fingerprint to set. When Callahan Garrity gets caught in a liquor store holdup on the way home from a St. Paddy’s Day party, one of her best friends is shot.

It's the week before Christmas, and antiques dealer Weezie Foley is in a frenzy to deck out her shop for the Savannah historical district decorating contest, which she intends to win. Weezie is ready to shoot herself with her glue gun by the time she's done, but the results are stunning. She's certainly one-upped the owners of the trendy shop around the corner, but suddenly things start to go missing from her display and there seems to be an uninvited midnight visitor to her shop.

Eloise Foley, known to her friends as Weezie, has been through the divorce from hell. Her ex-husband Tal (aka Talmadge Evans III) was awarded their house in Savannah's historic district, the house that Weezie had spent years painstakingly restoring to its original splendor. Weezie was awarded the two-bedroom carriage house on the same property. Each was sure the other would sell.

Gefühl ohne Andrews ist wie Suppe ohne Salz! Gina Foxton hat sich gerade als Fernsehköchin einen Namen gemacht, als ihre Welt zusammenbricht. Erst erwischt sie ihren Produzenten und Freund in flagranti, dann soll ihre Sendung abgesetzt werden. Doch Gina gibt nicht auf: Sie will den Sprung ins nationale Fernsehen wagen. Dafür muss sie an Tate Moody vorbei, der die Kochszene dominiert. Ein Kochwettbewerb der Superlative beginnt.

Greer ist Location-Scout und auf der Suche nach dem perfekten Drehort. Weißer Sand, blaues Meer und ein verschlafenes Städtchen sind ihr Auftrag. Nach schier endloser Suche stößt sie auf Cypress Key, ein uriges Fischerdorf an Floridas Golfküste. Doch der attraktive Bürgermeister Eben ist alles andere als begeistert von dieser Idee..

Grace Stanton’s life as a rising media star and beloved lifestyle blogger takes a surprising turn when she catches her husband cheating and torpedoes his pricey sports car straight into the family swimming pool. Grace suddenly finds herself locked out of her palatial home, checking account, and even the blog she has worked so hard to develop in her signature style. Moving in with her widowed mother, who owns and lives above a rundown beach bar called The Sandbox, is less than ideal.