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St Aidan: a cosy Cornish village where friendships are made for life and it’s always cocktail hour somewhere. Return to your favourite little wedding shop by the sea for love, laughter and a romance to sweep you off your feet! It’s the most romantic day of the year but the girls aren’t just gearing up for Valentine’s Day and a busy wedding season ahead, it’s also the 10-year anniversary of their beloved shop! Jess is planning the party of the decade, and with the champagne and cocktails flowing, sparks are going to fly...and not just from the fireworks display!

After years of marriage to a selfish man who preferred gambling to his young bride, Jane, the widowed countess of Stanwell, now seeks what she was long denied—a satisfying lover. Naturally, a lady needs a list of eligible candidates, which doesn't include the dangerously handsome (if far too arrogant) Gareth Ramsey . . . until he steals a sinful kiss from Jane's all-too-willing lips.

Alice is a self-confessed cynic when it comes to love. She’s never had a serious relationship herself and after supporting her best friend through a devastating breakup, she’s not about to let down her barriers anytime soon. Relationships always end badly. Zach is a romantic. Even after his parents got divorced, he still believed in love and is eager to settle down and have a family of his own. He just hasn’t met The One yet. After a chance meet-cute at an art gallery, Zach is immediately intrigued by Alice.

When Gwen Starkey and her best friend, Stella Simpson, arrive in St Aidan to take on a cottage renovation, it’s the fresh start they both so desperately need. But when their new adventure begins with them unintentionally breaking into their neighbour, Ollie Lancaster’s cottage—thinking it’s their new home—and Gwen accidentally flashing the gorgeous Ollie before they flee, the life-long friends realise that life in Cornwall is going to be anything but quiet!

Wild and carefree Winifred Langston has nursed a crush on her best friend's older brother for years, but Conrad Pearce has never deigned to notice her. Little does she know that Conrad has been concealing his attraction to her beneath his stuffy, respectable exterior. But when Conrad hears of Freddie's plans for one last wild caper before she's sent to London for her first season, he's convinced to teach her a well-deserved lesson. He intercepts her disguised as a highwayman only to find he can't resist the sensual beauty hidden beneath the maddening hellion's exterior.

Just a few short months ago, Brooke had lived a quiet suburban life in the UK. She now owns a closet of clothes she could only dream about and has been swept off her feet by trouble with a capital T. Once Robert Stone came to terms with the fact that he was in love with Brooke, he knew he could never let her go. Not letting her go means introducing her to his life, past and present.

Florence May never expected to trade the high life of London for the cosy comfort of a beach hut in her Cornish hometown, but the moment she steps inside she knows it was the best choice she ever made. The fact that it comes with a requirement that she sets up a business on site? A minor setback that’s easily fixed by opening up a surfside outpost of her friend Clemmie’s Little Cornish Kitchen … where Floss finds herself unexpectedly flourishing.

Joy has been to some of the most beautiful places in the world - but none of them have ever felt like home. So moving into a tiny cottage in the idyllic village of Bramble Hill seems like the perfect plan. That is, until she gets there. The surly inhabitants of Britain’s Friendliest Village are anything but welcoming. Even her neighbour, reclusive Hollywood star Finn Mackenzie, takes one look at her and walks in the other direction. But when the village animosity steps up a gear, it is the infuriatingly brooding Finn who keeps coming to her rescue.

For Alice and her partner Joe, moving to the sleepy Cotswold village of Penton is a chance to embrace country life and prepare for the birth of their unexpected first child. He can take up woodwork; maybe she'll learn to make jam. But the rural idyll they'd hoped for doesn't quite pan out when a dead body is discovered at their local antenatal class and they find themselves suspects in a murder investigation.

From the constant chatter of well-intentioned advice to the chaos of navigating how best to care for your little one, becoming a mother is exhausting. For Binky Felstead, Made in Chelsea star and co-founder of parenting advice app Bloss, becoming a mother marked the start of her journey towards feeling greater purpose and gratitude, but it wasn't an easy ride. Binky went from co-parenting and losing friendships, to struggling with miscarriage and navigating blended families causing her to feel full of the anxieties every new mother faces.

Hardened by 10 years on the murder squad, DNA analyst Doctor Sian Love has seen it all. So when she finds human remains in the basement of her new home, she knows the drill. Except this time it's different. This time, it's personal....

Growing up in a small town on the Cornish coast, Natalie and Fiona have always been besties. Then roommates. But now, with thirty looming on the horizon, it all seems to be falling apart. Fiona’s decided it’s finally time to move in with her long-term boyfriend, leaving Natalie wondering how on earth to pay the rent. Just as she’s on the brink of despair, Natalie somehow lands her dream job, and surviving solo suddenly doesn’t seem so bad. But Fiona had set her sights on that same role.

All Willow knows is that she needs an escape. So, she takes an extended break from her PR job and retreats to her grandmother’s cottage by the sea, where a limitless supply of hot chocolate will soothe her broken heart and a limited wi-fi connection will prevent her workaholic tendencies. Willow is soon made to feel welcome by the friendly locals - although grumpy artist Noah Atkinson doesn’t seem to like her very much. But then Willow is asked by her grandmother to approach Noah with a very special commission, only to discover that he hasn’t painted people for a long time.

Jayne was mid-40s when she experienced the worst and the best times of her life. She fell in love, so desperately in love. She lost everything overnight. No matter how bad life gets, how far down that dark tunnel you are, there is always a glimmer of hope. From her dream house in Kent, via the "nuthouse", and eventually to a cottage in Cornwall, Jayne takes a journey that is to wound, to destroy, and eventually heal her.

Jess Willersey realised things with Martin weren't perfect, but it's still a shock when he leaves. Is she destined to a singleton lifestyle, or could a certain hat-astrophic encounter with a handsome stranger at a rather unusual wedding signal a turning point? At the same time, Jess's best friends and work colleagues, Maggie and Sarah, are going through their own personal disasters - from shocking family revelations to dodgy dating app-related drama.

Living between Scotland and Kent with the dashing Scot Ronan and a collie called Max, Lizzie can finally settle into a relationship with someone who gets her...most days. Drama llamas and fainting goats aren’t all that Lizzie falls in love with, though. There’s the caravan she has named Christine. With the menopause creeping up on her and Ronan hinting at marriage - neither of which Lizzie was rushing toward - decisions have to be made.

Life for Lizzie and Ronan has been hectic. With a thriving holiday destination set up in the castle grounds, the naked artists still...naked, and the use of the castle as a film location, it’s time to plan the next development in their relationship. However, a promise to an elderly neighbor means the introduction of two new pets to the menagerie of misfits that free roam the estate, causing all sorts of trouble.

Life had been peaceful, as peaceful as being a member of one of the most powerful crime families in America could be. But life has a habit of throwing a curve ball, a curve ball so fast and so wide, it knocks everyone off their feet. From the streets of DC to the hills of Tuscany, from death to the utmost joy - join Brooke for another chapter in the Fallen Angel series and witness the birth of a new crime dynasty.

Being married to the dark and dangerous Robert Stone doesn’t come without its problems - trust being one of them. Trusting your average husband means you believe he won’t cheat on you. Trusting a man like Robert is accepting that he will kill to protect his family.

Dani was mid-30s when she found herself alone and without her soulmate. Coming to terms with her loss took all her strength and her voice. If Dani thought she’d experienced the worst life could throw at her, she was wrong. Lies, deceit, confusion surround her. A stranger, a builder, and a priest comfort her.