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Dallas arrives for a photo shoot only to find the model dead and Raul the photographer holding a knife. When Raul takes off, Dallas is suddenly the prime suspect. She'll have to go on the run to prove her innocence. Unfortunately, the cops aren't the only ones looking for her. If she doesn't move fast, her next fashion tip might be what to wear at a funeral--her own, that is.

Nobody can concoct a fashionable new image quite like Dallas O'Connor. So when a new all-girl band plows through 42 stylists without finding a match, Dallas is whisked to the Caribbean to whip up the band's new look and save the day. The local priestess scoffs that Dallas wears "de face of death," but the scenery is too lush and the drinks are too many for Dallas to care. That is, until a dead body spoils the sand on the pristine beach.

Dallas O'Connor is excited about a chance to escape the suffocating heat of Texas for a cool photo shoot in Seattle. But soon after her arrival, a top male model and his Porsche plunge fatally into the ocean. Dallas suspects foul play, and she's determined to sift through an assortment of zany characters to find the killer.

Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with episodes of great tragedy -- and an unforgettable story of one family's extraordinary history unfolds.

Her marriage to a minister compromised by numerous infidelities on both sides, Chyna turns for advice to her sister Janelle, who still harbors resentment for Chyna's affair with Janelle's own husband.

Starting a new life in the Thank the Lord Boarding House, a place that houses "misguided souls," Jolene discovers that she is not alone when she meets Richard Peterson, a high-powered businessman disillusioned by romance and material success.

Career jounalist Marge Hairston and her three loving children, Drogan, Cassie, and Sharon, are about as close as a family can be. After her husband died, Marge was left to raise the children on her own. She persevered, while at the same time bringing The Woodmore Times notoriety as North Carolina's premier African-American newspaper. But when she becomes seriously ill, her children are faced with the hardship of honoring their mother's legacy.

Coreen Treadwell heads a prominent social welfare agency, but she is haunted by her past. Raped and impregnated as a teenager, she gave up her baby, Frieda, without ever seeing her. The legacy of violence continues in her daughter's life. Sexually abused by her adoptive father, Frieda vows vengeance on Coreen for abandoning her. Now, tracking Coreen down, Frieda is determined to destroy her mother's comfortable life. But when the two meet, they are both unprepared for the results.

Two teenagers, one fleeing from a forced marriage and the other from a dangerous family of wizards, cross paths and fall in love.

When she inherits her aunt's home, Susan Pettiford returns to North Carolina following a 16-year absence. After undergoing a hysterectomy, she seeks comfort in the arms of Lucas Hamilton. Although there is a palpable connection between the two, their fling lasts exactly one night--for Susan knows she can never provide a family, so she pushes Lucas away.