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Sveta is at a crossroads. She just found out her fiancé has pushed their wedding another two years because that's what his mom wants. She has been trying for years to fit in with his family but all they see is a gold digger. But all that changes when her uncle dies and leaves his… Read More

Reviewed by Heather Y. Rivalry runs deep as two feuding bakeries in Emeryville, Ohio, face off in the local pumpkin pie contest.  It's a personal and business feud that started at the same contest ten years before. Now the owners children - Casey and Sam - will go head-to-head in the same contest,  keeping the… Read More

Escaping the Salvadoran Civil War, Javier's parents migrated to the U.S., leaving Javier in the care of his grandparents and aunt until they could send for him. He can't wait for the day when he can be reunited with his parents. In 1999, when he's 9 years old, the time comes for him to make… Read More

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The Darker family hasn't gathered together for about ten years.  But Nana's turning 80 on Halloween and she's requested that the whole family come to celebrate with her at her home.  Seaglass is a crumbling Victorian mansion on a small tidal island on the Cornish coast, and once they arrive, they won't be able to… Read More

Austen fans rejoice! The Knightley's are throwing a summer house party and everyone is invited - including the Darcy's, the Wentworth's, the Brandons, and young Juliet Tilney. Unfortunately another well known Jane Austen character shows up uninvited - Mr. George Wickham. Mr. Wickham has come to collect money from those he has swindled in a… Read More

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Just before the Covid-19 lockdowns, Jamie Gray is let go from his corporate job in a "restructuring". Left with no other options, he finds himself delivering food to make ends meet. It's a total dead end, until he delivers to Tom, a guy he knows from college. Tom works for an "animal rights organization", and… Read More