Rosamunde Pilcher

Holly Shaw wants to prove her writing talent in a reading of her romance novel. But she achieves the exact opposite with the cynical reporter Aaron Kingsley. On the way to her car, Holly is attacked. Her papers, her books, her coat and her shoes are found by the police on the riverbank.

When 24-year-old Tom, Sawcombe's grandson, meets 20-year-old Vicky Harding while doing an internship at the neighboring farm, it's love at first sight. But Vicky's parents find out about it and forbid their daughter to have any contact with Tom.

The police officer Sabrina has been given a special assignment : She is to investigate undercover in an orphanage run by nuns and meets Tom, an attractive architect . Several attacks on the matron were carried out in the orphanage . Sabrina begins her investigation and posesamazed that she and the architect went to the same boarding school together . But why did he pose under a false name ? Sabrina wonders why Tom lied to the nuns to gain their trust . She finds out that he is looking for his motherput him up for adoption as a baby . He suspects that it is the matron .

After 20 years, successful management consultant Sandra Cale is planning to attend a high school reunion in her home country for the first time. However, she is not planning her stay for herself alone. She proudly announces to her mother Mary that she will not be alone. Her boss Peter, with whom she is having an affair, is to join her as soon as he has separated from his wife.

Rebecca "Becky" Taylor is a newly ordained young vicar of the Anglican Communion. Before officially starting her ministry, she visits her assigned parish in Cornwall. She comes within a whisker of colliding with an attractive cyclist.

Andrew Christie runs the traditional Dolphin hotel in Cornwall, specialized in weddings and honeymoons, but competition from cheap holidays overseas becomes crushing. After his disloyal wife Nell deserts to apply as manager in the Maldives, their main tour operator intends to cancel, which would spell bankruptcy. Andrew comes up with a modern alternative, hosting traditional weddings for Indian couples. to sell the idea, he pretends to be backed by an Indian wife. To fill the part urgently, he enlists part-time maid Rajani Sharma, a, art student, whose father, banker Murali Sharma, wants to go ahead with her arranged marriage to Tarun, from India.

Argentinian tango teacher Valentina Martino is not having an easy time of it. Her ex-husband evaded taxes, so she has to stay in Cornwall illegally. She lives there with her niece Elena. To earn money, Valentina works as a domestic help. However, this is not easy, as her employer Jack Rukin, who earns his living as a writer, has just been widowed. There are signs of turbulence when Henry, Jack's neighbor and arch-enemy, makes a bid for Valentina.

Dr. David Douglas is about to start his own private clinic and marry architect Jane Merchenson. Then his father dies, leaving debts from a real estate fraud he fell victim to, so selling the mortgaged Cornish family estate Oaktree isn't nearly enough. David cancels the wedding and sells to John Tyson, a friend of Jane's father Michael, who starts renovating it, employing her. Later David discovers Jane gave birth to their son, Nicky, without telling him.

Since the death of her parents, Natalie has been taking care of her younger brother John, who has gone wrong due to this tragic loss.

The young Laura actually has a bright future ahead of her: She marries Alec Haverstock, the man she loves as she has never loved anyone before. But Laura has no idea that Alec's past has a flaw that will soon overshadow her young happiness. On a trip to see Alec's relatives in Cornwall, she embarks on a search for the ominous traces of the past. And she gets into dramatic entanglements that threaten her life.

Sabrina Wellington has been running a small, romantic hotel on the south coast of England since the tragic death of her husband in an accident. Due to the urgent need for investment and the poor booking situation, all financial reserves have been used up and Sabrina urgently needs another loan from her bank to avert the threat of bankruptcy. On her way to London, she unexpectedly meets her childhood friend Lisa, who left her home country some time ago and until recently worked in a law firm in London. She has now resigned because she has realized that her boss Vince Stevens appreciates her as an employee but has no other ambitions. The two spontaneously decide to swap their "lives" for a short time: Lisa takes over the management of the hotel in Sabrina's place and Sabrina moves into Lisa's apartment in London and tries to reorganize her life.

Young Selina thinks she recognizes her missing father in the photo of a book cover. She travels headlong to Spain to visit the author at his home. And the emotional confusions and confusions take their course ...

Oscar and Elle have been married for 25 years and, in the eyes of their daughter Lexie, they have the perfect marriage. But appearances are deceiving Oscar and Elle have lost the desire of the past. It will be his friend Oscar who will propose a solution that will revive their relationship: allow themselves a betrayal without affecting the feelings they have for each other.

The lieutenant Fraser is expelled from the army for saving the honor of his Superior. Since this gratefulness uses him as chauffeur in his familiar mansion. There it knows Lady Claire.

For Jacky Davies, distilling gin in the traditional family distillery is more than just a craft: it is a young woman's passion and an obsession. Since Jacky's mother died in a fire many years ago, she has felt obliged to carry on her mother's legacy.

Emma returns home to Cornwall to her father, Ben Litton, a successful albeit rather self-centered painter. Emma is reluctant to be welcomed by her father and will leave her there for a week after her arrival. So Emma remains lonely again until Robert, the gallery owner, wins her heart.