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As the daughter of a London crime boss, PC Philomena McCarthy walks a thin blue line keeping the two sides of her complicated life apart. On patrol one night she discovers a child in pyjamas, wandering alone. Taking Daisy home, Phil uncovers the aftermath of a deadly home invasion, as three miles...

Maggie has started venturing out of her house at last. Years of being held as a virtual prisoner by her controlling husband, Frank, she's now free. She's just taking little walks in the village, braving smiling at strangers, feeling delighted when they smile back. Then, on one of her walks, she f...

After a throw-away comment lands him in a difficult situation, Dr Neil Anderson's principles are put to the test. He ultimately leaves his job, his partner, and Edinburgh far behind for the seclusion and remote beauty of the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. There love once again bloss...

In one of America's Happiest Cities, Elen is trapped under the shadow of the snow-capped Cascade Mountains. Her husband has left her. Her belongings are in the boot of her car. Her days are filled mostly with silence and drinking. When she meets four English teenagers in an empty bar, she is enam...

If you think the English countryside is all green wellies, muddy Land Rovers and grey-haired ladies in tweed, then you've never visited 'The Bottoms.' Welcome to the rose-strewn county of Oxfordshire, and the tiny Cotswold villages of Little Bottom, Middle Bottom, Great Bottom, and Monkton Bottom...

Meet Celia. Life hasn't worked out quite how she'd planned. Since her son left for university, Celia has felt stuck at home - battling with her husband Geoff over control of the thermostat, and without the merest glint of a social life. Her only joy comes from the plants she nurtures in her makes...

Since her son left for university, Celia has felt stuck at home - battling with her husband Geoff over control of the thermostat, and without the merest glint of a social life. Her only joy comes from the plants she nurtures in her makeshift plant hospital in their Glasgow flat. Then three unexpe...

What would you do, if you met your double? Debbie Jones thinks life is an adventure. Even having lost her husband a year ago, she's ready for whatever the world might throw her way. Being in her sixties doesn't mean it's all over for her yet, and she loves her new job doing neighbourhood support ...

Mulan knows what it takes to succeed in a man's world. On track to make partner at her father's private equity company, she's had to work twice as hard, be three times as smart, and have infinitely thicker skin than any of the finance bros she works with. And with her parents, who she fears alway...

Feyi is about to be given the chance to escape the city's blistering heat for a dream island holiday: poolside cocktails, beach sunsets and elaborate meals. And as the sun goes down on her old life, our heroine also might just be ready to open her heart to someone new. The only problem is, she's ...