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When Iris decides to move to New York to restart her life, she realizes she underestimated how big the Big Apple really is—all the nostalgic movies set in New York she’d watched with her mom while eating their special secret-recipe gelato didn’t quite do it justice. But Bobby, Iris’s best friend, isn’t about to let her hide away. He drags her to a famous autumn street fair in Little Italy, and as they walk through the food stalls, a little family-run gelateria catches her eye—could it be the same shop that’s in an old photo of her mother’s?

Laurie is sure love at first sight doesn't exist anywhere but the movies. But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man who she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Certain they're fated to find each other again, Laurie spends a year scanning every bus stop and cafe in London for him. But she doesn't find him, not when it matters anyway. Instead they "reunite" at a Christmas party, when her best friend, Sarah, giddily introduces her new boyfriend: the man from the bus.

Talent agent Charlie Francisco has three problems: a divorce that ended his screenwriting career, a business he never planned to inherit, and a take-your-breath-away romance novel whose author wants nothing to do with its publication. The book is a surefire hit, if only his agency can find someone to “play” author on its summer book tour. Enter Kate Elliott, a former soap actress who’s miraculously right for the part at the very moment her life seems to be going all wrong. Kate is still recovering from her own divorce and Charlie’s job offer is a lifeline.

Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They’d been together for more than a decade and Lydia thought their love was indestructible. But she was wrong. On Lydia’s 28th birthday, Freddie died in a car accident. So now it’s just Lydia, and all she wants is to hide indoors and sob until her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to try to live fully, happily, even without him. So, enlisting the help of his best friend, Jonah, and her sister, Elle, she takes her first tentative steps into the world, open to life - and perhaps even love - again.

Spending her thirtieth birthday alone is not what dating columnist Cleo Wilder wanted, but she plans a solo retreat―at the insistence of her boss―in the name of re-energizing herself and adding a new perspective to her column. The remote Irish island she’s booked is a far cry from London, but at least it’s a chance to hunker down in a luxury cabin and indulge in some self-care while she figures out the next steps in her love life and her career.

When the new owners of Maplemead Castle need their ghostly inhabitants gone, they call Melody Bittersweet and her Ghostbusting Agency. Melody quickly identifies the main troublemaker: Britannia Lovell, a stunning trapeze artist who plunged to her death a century ago. But was it a tragic accident, or something far more sinister? To solve the mystery, Melody must team up with her charming yet roguish ex, Leo Dark, and the infuriating yet irresistible reporter, Fletcher Gunn.

Seeing ghosts has always been part of Melody Bittersweet’s life – a quirky inconvenience at the best of times. But on her 27th birthday, she decides to finally make a career out of it by setting up her very own ghostbusting business. Her first case brings Melody to a house haunted by three brothers with a heap of unfinished business. To complicate matters, her fame-hungry ex, Leo Dark, and sceptical yet maddeningly gorgeous reporter, Fletcher Gunn, are also on the case.

Laurie is pretty sure love at first sight doesn't exist. After all, life isn't a scene from the movies, is it? But then, through a misted-up bus window one snowy December day, she sees a man whom she knows instantly is the one. Their eyes meet, there's a moment of pure magic...and then her bus drives away. Laurie thinks she'll never see the boy from the bus again. But at their Christmas party a year later, her best friend, Sarah, introduces her to the new love of her life. Who is, of course, the boy from the bus.

Laurie no cree en el amor a primera vista. Piensa que una cosa son las películas y otra, la vida real. Sin embargo, un día de diciembre, su mirada se cruza con la de un desconocido a través de la ventanilla empañada de un autobús. Surge la magia y Laurie se enamora perdidamente, pero el autobús arranca y sigue su camino por las calles nevadas de Londres.

Cleo writes about love stories every day. She just isn't living one of her own. When the editor of her dating column asks her to marry herself on a remote Irish island - a sensational piece to mark Cleo's 30th birthday - Cleo agrees. She's alone but not lonely, right? She can handle a solo adventure. Cleo arrives at her luxury cabin to find a tall, dark, stubborn American who insists it's actually his. Mack refuses to leave, and Cleo won't budge either. With a storm fast approaching, they reluctantly hunker down together. It's just one night, after all.

Freshly divorced and in need of a job – Kate Elliot’s life needs a rewrite. So when she unearths an old letter from her ex-talent agent, Jojo Francisco – she takes it as a sign from the universe to brush off her old acting skills and become someone else entirely. Meanwhile, Charlie Francisco is back from LA, leaving his dumpster fire of a life behind. He may be well over his head in filling the shoes of his late eccentric father but he is determined to prove he can, and he might just have the job for Kate: to pose as the author for a novel that the real writer wants nothing to do with.

Cleo se pasa el día escribiendo sobre historias de amor..., pero ninguna es la suya. Cuando la editora jefa de su columna de consejos amorosos le pide que se «case consigo misma» en una remota isla irlandesa, Cleo accede. ¿Una aventura romántica en solitario en un paraje idílico? ¡No hay problema! Sin embargo, cuando se instala en su lujosa cabaña, aparece un estadounidense alto, moreno y testarudo que insiste en que es él quien tiene reservado el pequeño refugio.

Isla's vibrant childhood was filled with bands, noise and travel, thanks to her mum Vivien being an '80s music icon. Vivien might not have been much of a cook, but her treasured homemade vanilla ice cream established a Friday-night tradition that outlasted jobs, boyfriends and rental houses. Even, sadly, Vivien herself. Now Isla is escaping her various heartbreaks to the one place that has always felt like home: New York. She finds a job, a flat, a friend.

Two Lives. Two Loves. One Impossible Choice. Lydia and Freddie. Freddie and Lydia. They've been together for almost a decade, and Lydia thinks their love is indestructible. But she's wrong. Because on her 27th birthday, Freddie dies in a car accident. So now it's just Lydia, and all she wants to do is hide indoors and sob 'til her eyes fall out. But Lydia knows that Freddie would want her to live her life well.

Please mind the HEART. London. An einem trüben Winterabend sitzt Lu im Bus, als sie einen jungen Mann an der Haltestelle bemerkt, der in ein Buch vertieft ist. Er blickt auf, und für einen wunderschönen Moment treffen sich ihre Blicke. Doch bevor er einsteigen kann, setzt sich der Bus in Bewegung. Monate vergehen, und Lu kann die Begegnung mit dem Bus Boy, so nennen sie und ihre beste Freundin Sarah den Fremden, einfach nicht vergessen. Erst ein Jahr später finden Jack und Lu sich endlich wieder. Doch mittlerweile ist Bus Boy mit Sarah zusammen. Und die ahnt nichts von dem furchtbaren Zufall...

Un jour de neige en décembre, à travers la vitre embuée d'un bus londonien, Laurie aperçoit un homme. Leurs regards se croisent... et le bus redémarre. En cet instant suspendu et magnétique, celle qui pensait que le coup de foudre n'existait que dans les films, tombe désespérément amoureuse. Pendant une année entière, elle étudie tous les visages, sonde les foules, arpente la ville pour le retrouver. En vain... Jusqu'à ce soir de Noël, où sa meilleure amie et colocataire lui présente le nouvel homme de sa vie... Jack, l'homme du bus.

Zwei Fremde. Eine einsame Hütte. Und ganz viel Herzklopfen. Cleo will endlich herausfinden, was sie glücklich macht. Eine einsame Hütte mitten in der Natur scheint der perfekte Ort dafür. Doch als sie dort ankommt, öffnet zu ihrer Überraschung ein schlecht gelaunter Amerikaner die Tür. Mack hat die Hütte ebenfalls für sich allein gebucht und will hier zur Ruhe kommen. Trotzig beschließen sie, sich die Hütte zu teilen und sich so gut es geht aus dem Weg zu gehen. Bis Mack eines Abends das Schweigen bricht und Cleo erzählt, warum er hier ist.

Et si vous pouviez revivre votre plus belle histoire d'amour ? Lydia et Freddie. Plus de dix ans d'amour, auquel un terrible accident met brutalement fin. Face au vide, à l'absence, Lydia se laisse sombrer, incapable de poursuivre le fil de sa vie. Jusqu'au jour où elle accepte d'avaler un médicament pour dormir et le miracle se produit : elle se réveille au côté de Freddie, bien vivant. Alors, Lydia se met à vivre pour ses nuits. Chaque soir, elle avale un cachet et vole quelques heures, des morceaux de la vie qui aurait dû être la sienne.

London. An einem trüben Winterabend sitzt Lu im Bus, als sie einen jungen Mann an der Haltestelle bemerkt, der in ein Buch vertieft ist. Er blickt auf, und für einen wunderschönen Moment treffen sich ihre Blicke. Doch bevor er einsteigen kann, setzt sich der Bus in Bewegung. Monate vergehen, und Lu kann die Begegnung mit dem Bus Boy, so nennen sie und ihre beste Freundin Sarah den Fremden, einfach nicht vergessen. Erst ein Jahr später finden Jack und Lu sich endlich wieder. Doch mittlerweile ist Bus Boy mit Sarah zusammen. Und die ahnt nichts von dem furchtbaren Zufall.

Bist du mutig genug, um die Liebe erneut in dein Herz zu lassen? Als Lydias große Liebe Freddie mit nur Ende zwanzig bei einem tragischen Verkehrsunfall ums Leben kommt, bricht für sie eine Welt zusammen. Sie weiß, dass er für immer fort ist und kann ihn doch nicht loslassen und ihr Leben weiterleben. Jonah, Freddies bester Freund, der neben ihm saß, als der Unfall passierte, ist der einzige Mensch, der Lydias Schmerz wirklich verstehen kann, der Einzige, für den Freddie genauso wichtig war wie für sie.