After the Sun Sets (18+)
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Lora Scicluna grew up in a Catholic family and never doubted her faith. When her older sister committed suicide, she stepped in to take care of her two young nieces and make sure their father, Jonathan, does not wander down the wrong path.
Despite being several years older, Jonathan developed a liking to her and asked her to marry him.
For the outside world, the two were the perfect example of true love, with young Lora sticking by her husband's side even after his crippling car accident. But nothing could be farther from the truth.
And when she meets Dr Owen Shaw, the neurosurgeon treating her husband, Lora's world is shaken to its core as he fills her with emotions she doesn't know she is capable of and makes her question everything she knows.
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