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Helen Carpenter has always lived her life as far from the edge as possible. Finding herself newly divorced and a little lost, Helen decides she needs a reset. So when her annoying younger brother convinces her to sign up for a hardcore wilderness survival course, she hopes the adventure will be exactly what she needs. Instead, it's a disaster. She doesn't expect the surprise summer blizzard, for example - or the blisters, or the mean pack of sorority girls. And she especially doesn't expect that her annoying brother's even-more-annoying friend, Jake, would show up for the exact same course.

At 32, Russell Green has it all: a loving family, a successful career and a beautiful house. But underneath his seemingly perfect life, cracks are beginning to appear...and no one is more surprised than Russ when the life he took for granted is turned upside down.

In this sweeping new historical series by Virginia Wise, a young woman finds a new life in America's first Amish settlement - and discovers that love requires a special sort of courage...Pennsylvania, 1737. Greta Scholtz braved a perilous journey - and the loss of her beloved father - to find religious freedom in America. With two orphan children she's taken under her wing, she's trying hard to survive this rugged new world. So she won't let settlement elders pressure her into marrying reserved widower Jacob Miller.

Sebastian Drake is in dire need of a fortune. With limited time and a dearth of wealthy relatives to will him such a thing, he is left with only one option: marry money. Happily, London is full of eligible heiresses, but it is the newest arrival in Town who catches his eye. Selina Lawrence is only just rid of one husband—the last thing she wants is to acquire another. When she finds herself the target of the charming Mr. Drake, a suspected fortune hunter, what is she to do but teach the man a valuable lesson?

Samantha has a secret. Returning home from her dream honeymoon to the normality of running her beloved Hedgehog Hollow rescue centre, she's ready for the next chapter of her life with Josh. Or is she? Lauren has given up on love. Twenty-six years ago the love of her life, Shaun, left her a note and was never seen again. Samantha and Lauren will need the love and support from the Hedgehog Hollow family more than ever. After all, some dreams are worth chasing.

Amy had it all money, brains and beauty. And then the accident happened. The Present Day: Left blind and without her family, Amy feels she needs to escape. On a trip along the Camino de Santiago - the Way of St James - she is accompanied by the mysterious and troubled Luke. Having been set up to help Amy by a mutual friend, Luke finds he is running from his past... 1314: A Templar Knight, Luc, is also running. He meets the wife of a former comrade, now blinded in a terrifying attack: Aimee.

To escape her guardian's plans to marry her, Lady Charlotte Fairfax steals away to Montreal to locate Reid McCoy, a fur trader who owes her fiancé a debt for saving his life. Even though European women are forbidden from entering the interior, she is desperate to get to her fiancé deep within the northwestern wilderness.

Eve has never liked Christmas. So when her adored elderly aunt dies, the last thing she is expecting is to be left a theme park in her will. A theme park with a Christmas theme. And that's not the only catch. Her aunt's will stipulates that Eve must run the park with a mysterious partner, the exotically named Jacques Glace. Who is this Jacques, and why did Aunt Evelyn name him in her will?

Step into a heartwarming world of cowboys and courage, family and fun, sweet romance and happily ever afters. Come home to Sweet Water, North Dakota, a small town where faith changes things and everyone knows your name.

Eighteen-year-old Arie Kauffman loves to twirl and leap around the barn in her Amish bonnet and dress, practicing ballet moves her English friend taught her. Her parents would be upset to learn that this longtime interest has progressed to her secretly attending ballet classes. Arie even hides her dance skills from her boyfriend, Edwin Chupp, who often invites her to try new things, knowing she has an artistic heart. Her secrecy, however, is causing damage she may not be able to repair.

Dwight Faraday ist Top-Agent beim FBI. Weil er außerdem was vom Kochen versteht, bekommt er einen Spezialauftrag: Er soll das italienische Restaurant der Familie Villa infiltrieren, die im Verdacht steht, Verbindungen zur New Yorker Unterwelt zu pflegen. Eigentlich ein Leichtes für ihn – nur hat er nicht mit Julia gerechnet, der Tochter des Chefs, die sich so gar nichts gefallen lässt. Um ihr Vertrauen zu gewinnen, muss er ihr Herz erobern. Doch Julia scheint gegen das Knistern zwischen ihnen immun. Ganz im Gegenteil zu Dwight selbst.

Lena weiß nicht, was sie mit ihrem Leben anfangen soll. Nach einem beruflichen Fehltritt ist sie wieder in ihrem Heimatort Sternmoos gelandet. Dort ist das Leben plötzlich ganz anders als in der gewohnten Großstadt. Doch zumindest gibt es dort Lenas beste Freundin Gitti und endlich mehr Zeit für ihre Leidenschaft: Modedesign. Plötzlich werden aus Lenas Ideen Wirklichkeit und sie betreibt einen Stand auf dem Weihnachtsmarkt. Alles könnte so schön sein, wäre da nicht Jack. Der neue Starspieler der Hockeymannschaft.

Jase Kane has wealth, power, and the world at his feet, but that might not be enough for Helene Bouras. Jasen Kane is searching for something. He’s lived his whole life knowing that someday he’ll be running Kanedy Productions, but before he takes over that colossal task, he’d like to find something or someone that’s just his own… just for him. He’s utterly devoted to his family members and prioritizes their happiness over most everything else. But now that all his siblings have married and are expecting children, Jase is ready to move forward with his own ambitions.

Als die Studentin Romy spontan an einem Fotoshooting des örtlichen Fotografen teilnimmt, ahnt sie nicht, dass sie sich mit diesem Wochenendjob in ein Abenteuer stürzt, welches ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellen wird. Wie hätte sie auch vorhersehen können, dass sie sich augenblicklich zu ihrem charmanten Shooting-Partner Felix hingezogen fühlt und sich deswegen zu einem Folgeauftrag überreden lässt, bei dem sie für einen weihnachtlich-romantischen Buchtrailer drei Tage lang seine Freundin verkörpert?

Liebe trifft "Schöner Wohnen": Eine bezaubernde Kleinstadt erhält einen neuen Anstrich – doch finden auch die Herzen der Bewohner*innen ihr Zuhause? Matt Jameson hat sich als Experte in verschiedenen Interior-Design-Sendungen einen Namen gemacht. Als er das Angebot erhält, an einem großen neuen TV-Format teilzunehmen, ist er begeistert: Ausgewählte Größen im Bereich Innendesign treten gegeneinander an, reisen in ihre Heimatstädte und hübschen diese nach genauen Vorgaben auf.

Mitten im finnischen Winter lebt Anuk für ihre Rentiere, die sie mit viel Herz und Hingabe versorgt. Als sich Anuks sanfte Herzens-Rentierdame Tuuli verletzt, steht plötzlich Tim an ihrer Seite, ein Tierarzt, der eigentlich mit seiner Partnerin entspannt Urlaub im nahegelegenen Ferienhaus verbringen wollte. Anuk und Tim kämpfen gemeinsam um Tuulis Genesung und verbringen viel Zeit miteinander. Schon bald spüren sie, dass sie mehr verbindet als nur ihre große Tierliebe.

Spinster, sweet Spinster... Isabella Lambert is a nice person. She is biddable, polite, soft-spoken, and eager to please. She also happens to be a spinster, and one of the writers of the infamous Spinster Chronicles, where she is less polite, more outspoken, and may not please anyone. Izzy also has a secret that only one person knows, and that one person may hold the key to its success. Sebastian Morton finds Izzy Lambert fascinating. She is the perfect mentor for his younger sister as well as a capable and charming friend for him.

Helen Rogers has been lying to herself over her feelings for Tom since the moment they met. And for good reason; not only are they colleagues, but her sabbatical is almost over and she'll soon have to return to Bath. Tom Harris knows he's falling in love with Helen. How could he not? She's smart, kind and great with his son Dylan. But with his ex suddenly offering him a chance to spend more time with Dylan, and the staff of Mill Grange about to host a wedding, everything else has to be put to one side. Even his feelings for a certain archaeologist.

All she wanted was a lovely family Christmas with perfect turkey and luxury crackers. Instead, daughter Sara announces she’s getting divorced...and where is the fizz? And son, John and perfect wife Vanessa announce they are leaving for New York… and are the vegetables organic? And not one of them has made her a cup of tea! So Joy decides she’s going to leave them all to it and head to France to visit her younger sister Isobel - a break from it all is just what she needs!

Anna, 39, is reeling from the loss of her fiancé, who ran off with a much younger woman. Her pride in tatters, these days Anna finds it difficult to leave the house. So when a handsome, mysterious stranger takes an interest in her, she's not sure whether she can learn to trust again? Then there's Grace, in her 50s, trapped in a loveless marriage with a man she married because, unable to have children of her own, she fell in love with his motherless brood.