When the past refuses to stay buried, can love survive the darkest depths of betrayal?
Liane thought she'd escaped Michael's dangerous world-a criminal empire cloaked in charm and shadows. But when her ex-lover, a powerful crime lord, tracks her down and takes her captive, she finds herself trapped in a nightmare she barely escaped the first time. Isolated from the world, Liane must face Michael's relentless mind games and his twisted version of love.
Michael believes he's protecting her from threats only he can see. In his own way, he cares for her. Yet with each passing day, his words, once familiar, begin to warp her reality. As Liane wrestles with her growing dependency on him, she starts questioning her memories and her sanity. Just as her resistance begins to crumble, she remembers Alex, a former flame now determined to find her, but his search for her pulls him deeper into Michael's dark world-and into the arms of Reese, a woman with her own troubled past with Michael.
Torn between two men, trapped between freedom and an impossible love, Liane must decide where her loyalties lie before she loses herself completely. In this psychological thriller, no one is truly innocent, and even love can be deadly.
When Chef Margot loses her beloved restaurant to her cheating ex-fiance, her best friend, single dad Nathan, steps in with an unexpected offer to help her start over. As they collaborate, sparks fly-but can they overcome their complicated pasts for a chance at real love?
Season 4 of The Mechanic
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Margot Taylor thought she had it all: a thriving restaurant and a fiance she adored. But her world crumbled when her fiance abruptly cancelled their wedding and claimed ownership of her cherished restaurant. With her career in tatters and her heart broken, Margot is forced to start over.
Enter Nathan Davis, her loyal best friend and a single dad chasing big dreams of his own. As a partner in the multibillion-pound auto business, Nathan offers her a lifeline-a chance to open a new eatery on the grounds of his new mechanic shop.
As Margot pours her heartbreak into a new dream, her friendship with Nathan deepens into something much more electric. But their growing happiness is threatened when Nathan's ex-wife returns, determined to take their daughter away and upend the new couple's relationship. Caught in chaos, Margot must decide if she has the strength to fight for the life she's building...or let the wounds of her past ruin her future.
Content warning: This story contains depictions of eating disorders that may be upsetting for some readers. Reader discretion is advised.
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