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Annalisa arrives at Rochester Manor, expecting a quiet job as a governess. Instead, she’s drawn into a dark and dangerous affair with her mysterious employer, Edward Rochester. By day, Mr. Rochester is distant and formal. By night, he claims her body with a hunger that borders on savage. The more Annalisa succumbs to his touch, the more she realizes he’s hiding something far worse than his depraved appetite. Strange noises, locked doors, and buried secrets leave her questioning not just her lover but if she’ll make it out of Rochester Manor alive.

Gwen McMillan enjoys being a cop, has a partner she trusts with her life, and gets to enjoy her downtime at the end of each shift in her cozy farmhouse. The best part is, she’s far from her parents’ control and the life of privilege they lead. Despite the distance between her and her family, she’s honor-bound to keep their centuries-old secret hidden – protecting the fabled sword Excalibur until, as the legends foretold, King Arthur returns. Since becoming the blade’s guardian, Gwen’s had dreams about monsters, ancient kings, and mist-filled forests.

"Welcome in. What can I get you guys to drink?" "We'll have two iced teas, please." My eyes shot up suddenly when I heard the thick Irish accent… One that I would recognize anywhere, and felt the color drain from my already pale face. Myles Murphy was sitting right in front of me.

Lark struggles when her family and their friends go on holiday in a lonely caravan site on the Welsh coast. Her mother is ill, her little sister has stopped speaking and she has fallen out with her best friend. Is a girl in a green dress following her in the fog? Or is her sister playing tricks on her? When a local woman tells her the girl comes to take sisters, Lark finds herself the only one who can save her family.

All Nansi knows is that her mother disappeared on the day she was fished out of Cardiff docks. With no other family to turn to, she works at the Empire Theatre, trying to earn enough money to hire a detective to find her mother. Everything changes when Constance and Violet join the theatre. Nansi is forced to be part of Violet's crooked psychic act. But it's when Constance recognises her, and realises who her mother must be, that Nansi's world is turned upside down forever.

Grace lives with her father Jack on their crumbling family farm in Wales. Jack, who has dementia, lost his son Michael in a tragic accident at sea many years ago. Each night he is soothed by an old recording of the shipping forecast, lulled to sleep by the belief that Michael is safe. And while he sleeps, Grace wonders how she ended up back here, caring for her father rather than living her own life.