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When a fire turns your heart into ice, it can’t possibly melt without revealing scars. Adele has lost everyone and everything she loves. Now, she’s coping with an unwanted new reality which includes working as a maid in a chic hotel in downtown Seattle to make ends meet. Uninterested in a relationship, her frozen solitude suits her just fine. She thinks. When a handsome guest walks into the room she is cleaning and sets her frigid life ablaze again, Adele discovers there is more than one way to burn.

Unable to ignore his father’s dying wish, Thomas finds himself descending into an unknown world of deceit, corruption, and temptation. A place where the possession of diamonds is priority, and there are no limits when it comes to acquiring them. Welcome to The Diamond Club. To better understand the secret life his father has been living and continue to protect his mother and sister, TJ will have to leave behind his current way of life and all he finds comfortable. He soon learns what a small world this is when the decision has him crossing paths with an old flame.

Widowed before her 30th birthday, Gracie Collins has dealt with her share of tragedy. Lonely and on her own, she ends up taking a job with an arrogant boss. Three years later, she’s taken to tolerating him for the sake of entertainment. When she’s not eating the frustrations he’s caused, that is. Everything changes when a stroke of good luck puts Gracie in a position she never imagined.

Twenty-one-year-old Phoenix Silverstone, Nix to her friends, has recently discovered the luxury of independence. After being raised under the strict rules of an overbearing and close-minded mother, Nix has moved into a small Seattle apartment with her two best friends. Once the girls land a job working at a local bar together, everything seems perfect. Until Levi Munroe crosses her path, that is.

When Hunter Reed’s longtime plans go awry following her college graduation, she has two choices. She can wallow in her grief, or she can get away from Utah and the people who broke her. Determined to escape the shadow of her parents and make it on her own terms, she lands her dream job at an up-and-coming graphic design company in Portland, packs her bags, and hits the road.

Valerie Lee has left Seattle, including everyone she knows and loves, to join long-time boyfriend John Maverick at the University of Boston. Fast-forward a year later to graduation. Val is excited about heading back to her hometown, but John wants to stay and climb his way to the top in Boston. She doesn’t agree with the change of plans and so takes matters into her own hands. When she leaves like a thief in the night, there will be a lot to explain.

When Carter is killed in combat, he leaves behind his heartbroken wife, Avery, and his shattered best friend, Remy. Naturally, these two wounded souls gravitate together, irresistibly drawn by the loss of the one they both loved, as well as their deep friendship with each other. But when that friendship starts to turn into something more, new problems arise. Will Avery be able to move on after losing the love of her life? Will Remy be able to fill the void left by the loss of his best friend? Or will this new chance at love cost them all they have left?

Tracey Howard has put her life on hold for years to care for her grandmother. Now that her grandmother is gone, Tracey decides to spend summer at the beach and reflect on where she wants life to take her next. Jackson Phillips is her new neighbor, and he dazzles her from the first moment they meet. Will Jackson be able to show Tracey how to let go of old pain and embrace future happiness?

Levi Munroe’s life consists of many things: his best friends Tyler and Kyle, a lot of ink, and having a good time. Most important in his life, however, is the one reason his heart has to beat - Nix. No one knows what they’re signing up for when they fall in love, and Levi is no exception. Since Phoenix Silverstone came into his life, he has been on an emotional roller coaster. They’re getting to know each other more, falling deeper in love every day, and are ready to take the next step.

Kyle Layne has it all figured out. The perfect life, including a future with his dream woman, is in his grasp. Each day is filled with more happiness than the one before, and he couldn’t ask for a better existence. But fate has other plans. Like lightning from the heavens, Kyle’s dream turns into a nightmare in the blink of an eye. Lost and filled with pain and anger, his once perfect life now resembles a broken mirror: shattered.

Lucas Colton is far too young to go through all this pain, but meeting poetry teacher Preston Davidson changed everything. His life went from heartbreak to joyful and then from friendship to love. The impact Preston had on Lucas's life was mesmerizing. What would you do if you knew you may not have a tomorrow?