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Not far from Luella and Effie Tildon's large family mansion looms the House of Mercy, a workhouse for wayward girls.

Macey and Ben Samuelson have much to be thankful for. But after her fifth miscarriage in six years, Macey worries that the family they've always dreamed of might be out of reach.

Angie Watts, wife and mother of three, expected motherhood to be more straightforward. But her son Liam grows from a sweet-natured boy to a troubled teen suspected of a local murder.

After opening her own advertising agency, Alexis relied on her husband, Tommy, for the household duties and supervision of their teenage daughter, CeCe.

Sophie Lane returns to Blackberry Island, determined to rebuild, until small-town life reveals a big problem: she can't grow unless she learns to let go.

When Serenity Alston discovers she has two half sisters through 23andMe, everything about her loving family is drawn into question.

Iris Maynard lost her husband in World War II, her daughter to loneliness, and her reason to live. But Iris has built a new family, of flowers, tending both to her memories and heirloom garden.

In Paris, 1958, Grace Kelly's royal wedding dress is still all the rage in fashion circles. Rose, a seamstress at a famous atelier, has just been entrusted with sewing another gown in its image.

Now that their parents are gone, the future has changed dramatically for sisters Adele and Justine.

Moonglow Cove, Texas was once home of the Clark sisters, brought up by their grandmother at the Moonglow Inn and nicknamed "The Moonglow Sisters." Then, a wedding-day betrayal tore them apart, and

When Washington, DC-based journalist Serena Tucker had her DNA tested on a whim a few weeks earlier, she learned she had a 50 percent genetic match with a childhood neighbor, Maggie Sweeney of Sout

Sloan Monroe still can't seem to get her life back on track after losing her fiancé.

They might not have it all together, but this summer, as three women confront their mothers' deepest secret in order to reconnect and rebuild themselves as a family, they'll discover that together,

Ellen and Unity make the Friendship List, an agenda of daring activities, to convince their families they're doing just fine.

This summer, as sisters "reliable" Autumn and "free spirit" Ember work hand in hand to run the animal rescue property their grandparents created, they'll see that family can be a blessing and a cur