Ned Rasin, a modest lawyer from Florida, led a quiet, uneventful life until he met a beautiful stranger in white—the “fatal” blonde Mattie Walker, who was married to a wealthy and successful businessman. Ned realizes that he is in the presence of a woman worth killing for. And that is exactly what he does when his lover offers him the chance to kill her husband in exchange for her love and her fortune. But things are far from as simple as they seem at first glance…
Her job is to write letters. Her name is Violet Evergarden. Several years have passed since the war ended, a war that left deep scars on many. The world is gradually finding peace, and people are returning to their normal lives. Violet is trying to learn to live without the person who matters most to her, but one day she receives a letter, and a spark of hope is reignited in her heart.
A modest landowner living in northern England at the dilapidated Wuthering Heights estate once takes in a homeless boy and brings him home. The owner’s daughter, Catherine, names him Heathcliff, and the children become inseparable. A few years later, when her father has finally squandered all his money and it is time for Catherine to marry, she seizes the only option she considers suitable—a young upstart who has settled nearby. Heartbroken, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights in despair, only to return years later as a wealthy gentleman.
Her boyfriend was killed right in front of her in the car while they were watching a movie at an outdoor theater. Justice writes poetry and has shut herself off from the world behind a wall of grief. She works at a hair salon, and all her friends tell her she needs to move on. Giving in to the persuasion of one of them, she heads to Oakland with her and two other Black guys who work as mail carriers. After long arguments and bickering, she falls in love with one of them—both find in this a remedy for their bitter past.
Jody is a young Black man who has lived under his mother’s wing his whole life. He’s constantly tormented by his dependence on her, but he has no intention of changing anything. Jody doesn’t have a job, but he does have a son and a daughter from two different women. But despite all this, nothing can make him leave his mother’s nest and start living on his own...
Oda Nobunaga married Nohime purely for political reasons, so their relationship leaves much to be desired—they are constantly arguing and clashing. One day, Imagawa Yoshimoto attacks the province of Owari. His army outnumbers Nobunaga’s forces, and Nobunaga falls into despair, but Nohime comes to his aid. Together, they devise a plan to confront their powerful enemy.
After giving their blessing for their daughter to marry nurse Greg Faker, former CIA agent Jack Burns and his wife head to Miami to visit the groom’s parents. They have a lot of questions on their minds. What kind of family are the Fakers? And what kind of parents would name their son Gay (Gaylord) M. Faker?
In Venice, professional thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily, who are posing as members of high society, meet. They fall in love and decide to join forces. They travel to Paris and take jobs with the famous perfumer Madame Mariette Cole, intending to steal a large sum of money from her safe.
The cunning con artist Johnny Farrell is saved from death by the enigmatic Balin Mandson, the owner of a major casino. Johnny becomes his right-hand man, but the friendship between them begins to fall apart when Balin returns to town with his young wife, Gilda, after yet another absence. Everything suggests that Gilda and Johnny were once lovers, but now their feelings seem more like mutual hatred.
