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The Second Wedding
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Eight second weddings draw Mara and Ellis closer, until a London partnership forces them to decide what starting over can actually mean.
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Hurricane Inventory
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Denise must help evacuate her family while an old demolition dispute becomes a trap in the path of rising water.
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The Unclaimed Drawer
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A camcorder, a concealed brother, and two visits to Vancouver force Andre to discover what his father's silence left behind.
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Auntie’s Plus One
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Three paid gatherings turn into real attraction, an engagement rumour, and a joint birthday neither family can attend under the old story.
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The Apology Shop
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An old concert programme draws Inez back to a missing brooch, a cruel song and the pupil left carrying the blame. Saying sorry will…
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The Voice Note
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Eight Friday messages draw Nia into Althea's hidden life. Following the favors may explain her sister's death, but the living still have reasons to…
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The Last Table at Miss Pearl’s
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With a lease decision approaching and her daughter considering another job, Pearl has four weeks to find a future for the restaurant. Eight evening…
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Small Island, Long Memory
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Eight Sundays. Eight revelations. As plans for Iris’s memorial unravel, Neri must find the publisher of her grandmother’s private words—and face the truths that…
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The Good Son Service
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Gloria Beckford brings Leon to lunch as her favourite son. When the photograph reaches her real one, Leon's most successful role threatens the service…
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After the Last Ferry
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A comb pays for the first crossing. A salvaged bell calls for the next. With his island becoming a harbour for the drowned, Tomas…
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Snow Day Emergency
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One winter, eight mishaps, and a question neither can keep avoiding: does Talia want to stay?
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Born in Blood
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Bound to a ruthless don since he was sixteen, Malik Bennett struggles to escape the criminal network that has controlled his life—and helped sustain…
