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Todd Walker stepped in to help his friend Lydia Morgan run her businesses while she took time to recover from a traumatic event. As a ranch hand taking control of her venue at the Bridal Mecca, he's certainly out of his element. Jessie Hanson is not one for wedding details, and yet her mother and sister think she should accompany them while planning her sister's wedding. Jessie's a photographer, and her family encourages her to open a studio, and isn't it convenient that there is vacant space at the Bridal Mecca.

Nichole Lewis' children are the most important people in her life, and are the reason she's relocated to Georgia to start a life away from the chaos that had surrounded her. Meeting Ben Walker and giving in to the attraction for the man only made her decision to stay more appealing. However, when the past she'd escaped finds her and her children, it might be time to run again, with or without Ben.

"Rien n'avait changé : les falaises dressaient leurs murailles grises, les saules bordant la rivière étaient exactement à la même place, ainsi que les toits du Moulin du Loup." 1918. Après la guerre, la vie reprend peu à peu son cours normal dans la vallée des Eaux-Claires. Faustine, institutrice dans un orphelinat d'Angoulême, doit bientôt épouser Denis Giraud, riche héritier du domaine de Ponriant. Pourtant, elle est restée très attachée à Matthieu, avec qui elle a grandi.

Curtis Keller is a lucky man. He has the love and support of a family like no other. But he's never fallen in love with a woman. He likes to play the field, have a good time, and enjoyed friends with benefits. But when wild child Simone Pierpont comes into his life for the first time he considers settling down—until she abandons him. Simone Pierpont fell in love. She hadn't meant to, but her best friend's brother-in-law had treated her, the Parisian oil heiress, with more compassion than she'd ever known. What was she to do? So she left him stranded on a yacht in the French Rivera.

John Forrester is a simple man whose never needed more than his work, his truck, and a small apartment with his flat screen TV. After a bad breakup with his ex-wife John swore he’d never get married again and has done his best to keep to himself. But one woman always creeps into his mind—Arianna Keller. Arianna Keller had an amazing career, center stage on Broadway. However, her run in New York is over and circumstances have forced her back home to Nashville, Tennessee.

Claire, la fille du maître papetier Colin Roy, espère le retour de Jean Dumont, son premier amour, parti travailler au loin. Même si la vie les a séparés, le jeune homme lui a confié l'éducation de sa fille, Faustine, orpheline de mère. Au moulin du Loup, la vie poursuit son cours paisible en cette année 1905. Portée par son entourage, sa passion pour l'herboristerie et sa tendresse pour Faustine, Claire a trouvé un équilibre. Mais lorsque Jean revient, il est accompagné de Térésa, une femme tapageuse.

Kennedy Devereaux, owner of Kennedy Devereaux Designs, is a sight to behold in her signature pink colors, accented with custom designed jewelry. Intriguing enough that Joel Kingsley, the man building the new business next door, can’t help but keep coming around, just to get to know the woman in the designer clothes. He finds she’s not such a mystery, and his charm easily wins her over - until she finds that he’s forgotten to let her in on the secrets of his past.

Someone has decided to become the moral compass for the women in town, and now they're turning up dead. It will be up to Detective Lacy Pratt to find their killer before her relationship with Declan Matthews, brother to one of the victims, marks her as a target.

Juillet 1939, en Dordogne. Albane de Séguilières, vingt et un ans, est institutrice. Elle habite avec son père, un extravagant sexagénaire, dans le château familial de Brantôme. Face aux tensions grandissantes avec l’Allemagne et aux menaces de plus en plus claires qui pèsent sur une paix déjà précaire, Albane accepte la demande en mariage de Louis Molinier, le directeur de l’école où elle enseigne, et qu’elle fréquente depuis plusieurs mois contre l’avis de son père.

Dans le refuge que représente pour eux le vieux chalet du vallon des loups, Soline et Benjamin attendent patiemment le printemps qui verra la naissance de leur fille. Mais l'ombre menaçante du tueur les obsède et, comme son ami l'inspecteur Dambert, la jeune femme pressent que l'homme qui l'a harcelée peut réapparaître et lui nuire à nouveau, en semant la mort autour d'elle. Guidée par son intuition, Soline commence aussi à douter de la sincérité de Benjamin. Son compagnon semble lui cacher une terrible vérité sur leur enfance et malgré sa promesse, il refuse d'en parler.

À l'aube de l'été 1948, la guerre continue de hanter les esprits. Chacun pleure ses disparus et tente de guérir ses blessures. Pourtant, sur la vallée des Eaux-Claires souffle un vent de renouveau : Abigaël vit désormais auprès de son grand amour Adrien et s'apprête à donner le jour à leur premier enfant. Mais l'accouchement est une épreuve, et la Messagère des anges ne doit sa survie qu'au retour inopiné de Claire Roy, la maîtresse du Moulin du Loup.

Dans la vallée des Eaux-Claires, la jolie Claire, au tempérament rebelle, mène une jeunesse insouciante dans les ateliers du moulin où son père fabrique du papier et la campagne environnante où elle se promène avec le loup qu'elle a recueilli. Bientôt, tout s'effondre : accablé de dettes, son père la promet en mariage au fils d'un riche propriétaire, à qui elle voue une haine farouche. Or, un soir, Claire rencontre Jean, jeune bagnard en cavale.

What more could you need than unrealistic romantic expectations from movies, and best friends to watch them with? There's always the funny, mouthy, less-than-perfect best friend in a rom-com, but the sidekick is never the one to get the love interest. Since Ruby can't even keep a roommate, she's fairly sure that's the life she will continue to live, so she has always assumed her role with pride.

Once a month, for as long as they’d been friends, Lisa, Mindy, Ruby, and Tina gathered for Rom Com Movie Club night. Facial masks, nail polish, and wine could settle the world around them as they dished on movies that made them want to love—even if the premise of happily ever after seemed far-fetched. Lisa didn’t have much of an idea of what happily ever after was supposed to look like, but life had always thrown obstacles at her. She never considered it might throw a man her way, which would cause a rift with her best friend before her wedding.

Paige Devereaux, the owner of Paige Devereaux Yoga, is eagerly starting her entrepreneurial journey, following in the footsteps of her older siblings - without their input. Oliver Westcott has worked with Paige’s brother-in-law for years, as a partner in his tap house, but he’s intrigued by the yoga instructor’s quest to create something for herself - and the attraction between them is searing. But bad luck has a way of following Oliver around, and this time it might destroy everything Oliver and Paige have worked so hard to build - including their budding romance.

Max Devereaux, owner of Devereaux Construction, chose to build his business and stay rooted in the town he grew up in when the woman he loved got the opportunity to move to New York and chase her dreams. He never regretted his decision, but when cooking show star, Meghann Carr, comes back to town to take care of her ailing mother, she seeks out Max to help her fix up her mother’s house, and the pain of letting her go is fresh again. The only way to save his heart is to turn her away, but does he have it in him to let her go again?

Chase Devereaux, owner of Devereaux Limousines, is happy with relationships that don’t last more than a night. "No strings attached" is how he prefers to operate, until he spends a night with his sister’s best friend, Hillary. Since they were teenagers, she’s had a hold on his heart - how is he supposed to go on like normal when she’s all he can think about? He has to move on altogether.

Gia Gallow has traveled the world. Having settled in America, Gia has a successful business and dear friends - and the attention of both Dane and Russell Walker. Due to her own family's dramas over dueling hearts, she might have to forget about her feelings for Dane to keep peace within the Walker family. But, sometimes, even running thousands of miles away can't keep a heart from going after what the heart wants.

Août 2015. Soline cède au désespoir, certaine de ne jamais retrouver l'homme qu'elle aime. Le destin en décide autrement. Benjamin réapparaît, mais il n'est plus le même. Une nouvelle épreuve commence pour la jeune femme, qui doit le reconquérir, au prix de bien des angoisses. Et ses craintes grandissent lorsqu'un terrible cauchemar lui montre des visions d'horreur, d'autant plus que le mystérieux assassin rôde toujours.

Décembre 1944. Installée à Angoulême avec son époux, le notaire Maxence Vermont, Abigaël tente de s'adapter à son nouveau statut social. Si la jeune femme envisage l'avenir plus sereinement, elle a malgré tout la sensation d'être prisonnière d'une cage dorée. Mais le destin lui réserve un magnifique cadeau de Noël en la personne d'Adrien, son grand amour. Le jeune homme, qu'elle n'a jamais réussi à oublier, est de retour, bel et bien vivant.