At 3.10pm every weekday, parents gather at Featherstone Primary in Denbury to collect their children.

For a special few, the friendships forged at the school gates will see them through lives filled with drama, secrets and sorrows. When Yummy Mummy Alana reveals the identity of her love-child’s father, she doesn’t expect the consequences to be quite so extreme. Ex Czech au-pair Earth Mummy Dana finds happiness in her secret sideline, but really all she longs for is another child. Slummy Mummy Mo’s wife-beating husband leads her down a path she never thought possible, and Supper Mummy Joan has to cope when life deals her a devastating blow.

And what of Gay Daddy Gordon? Will he be able to juggle parenthood and cope with his broken heart at the same time?

Brothers Mustapha and Yasser Ahmed are smuggled from the Middle East as children and trained to be two of the most elite insurgents of their generation. Yasser embraces his role but Mustapha rebels, forced to do things no one should, for a cause he couldn’t believe in. As his brothers were preparing to kill, he was looking for a way out.

Now, on the eve of the deadliest coordinated attacks the world has ever seen, he finally has his chance. In hiding, his brother and ISIS are hunting him down.

John Tankersley, known as Tank to the community, assembles his team to track down and eliminate an old foe: Yasser Ahmed and his cell. It is a race against time as suicide bombers unleash a reign of terror across the nation. Tank and his team are going to be pushed to the edge as they try to stop Ahmed from finishing his masterplan.

There’s a fine line between wine and crime…

Aspiring business owner Trixie Pristine is ready to make all of her dreams come true. She’s fulfilling every girl’s fantasy by surrounding herself in coffee, wine, treats, and books. What more could she want? Teaming up with her closest friends, Cora Taylor and Sally Greeves, the three women are about to embark upon an opportunity of a lifetime, opening the quaint bookstore, Read Wine.

But suddenly, this new endeavor isn’t all that Trixie hoped it would be. As strange things begin to happen, the women realize someone is out to sabotage their new business venture. Refusing to put down the coffee or relinquish the wine, the three friends meddle in police affairs to get to the bottom of the mysterious events.

What if you kidnapped a woman, tied her up, locked her in your basement… and then discovered that she was your long-lost daughter?

All Daisy Coulson wants to do, after a long day at work, is relax at home. She’s heard the news reports about two women who’ve been murdered in the area, but she’s sure she’s safe. After all, she’s safe and boring, so why would anybody ever want to hurt her?

But she’s been noticed.

Harry’s been killing women for a long time. He doesn’t remember any other way of living. It’s who he is now. So when he spots an easy target, he doesn’t think twice about striking. He soon discovers, however, that there’s something very different about his latest victim. Harry’s about to discover a shocking secret that’ll change his life forever.

Miss Madalene Dowding was devastated when her mother died, leaving her all alone. To honor her mother’s legacy, she decides to use part of her fortune to open an orphanage. When a teacher at the orphanage goes missing, Madalene takes it upon herself to start looking for her, even if it means taking her deep into the unsavory parts of London.

Baldwin Radcliff, the Marquess of Hawthorne, is working on his last case as an agent of the Crown since he is about to retire and take up his seat in the House of Lords. He is tasked with finding a French spy that is in league with a growing group of radicals. As he searches for the enemy, he discovers a meddling heiress that keeps stumbling in at the most inopportune times, making him wonder if she is perhaps the spy he has been sent to find.

Ginny McKensie’s life is spiraling out of control.

Finished with college, she should have been planning her wedding. After all, Ginny and Josh were made for each other—everyone said so. Except the love of her life didn’t agree.

Now Ginny is back in her hometown, unwillingly single, and stuck in a dead-end job. When she discovers she’s pregnant, Ginny is convinced her life is ending. Instead of planning a future with Josh, she’s learning the truth about morning sickness, juggling bills, and seeing just how far designer jeans can stretch.

Her life-plan never included dating again (not even with her too-hot new boss), or being a single mother at 23. Now, with the help of her best friends, Annie and Jen, Ginny must try to re-imagine—and rebuild—a life she never wanted.