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Featured tonight · Old Money Romance
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The Heiress Who Hated Summer
Ada Veyre inherits a crumbling Riviera villa to sell—until a restorer and legal co-heir, Luca Marchand, blocks the sale for reasons tied to her grandmother’s July disappearance, and their simmering rivalry turns into a strategy-driven love as the real antagonist is exposed.
Featured tonight · New Adult Romance
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Summer Under a Foreign Sky
A German student fleeing her past spends a single summer in Spain—until a charming local, tied to a secret family deal, turns her safe distance into the love of a lifetime.
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