American Heartbreak

Ain’t nothing but a heartbreak is what twenty-five-year-old Ariel Sweeny keeps telling herself when it comes to her boyfriend of the last five years, “Trouble.” He most definitely lives up to his name, causing trouble everywhere he goes. He’s trouble in the streets, and most importantly, he has trouble keeping it in his pants. Even still, Ariel loves Trouble down to her soul and can’t imagine her life without him in it. On the other hand, there’s Shea Logan, aerospace engineer. He’s gorgeous, smart, funny and did I mention he’s single with a great head on his shoulders and ...

It was more than a heartbreak...it was a soul crushing, gut wrenching, earth shattering feeling. He let her down was the only thought floating around inside of Tali's head. He was supposed to be her one! He played her like a fool and made her look foolish. After Shea's secret blows up right in Tali's face, she is faced with the fact that her knight in shining armor isn't so shiny after all. Picking up the pieces of her broken heart she has no choice but to move on and forget that Shea Logan ever existed. ​ Shea knows he messed up big time. The one thing he tried to keep away from Tali has...

She gave away her child to save his life. Another woman took him in, at risk to herself. Viviane Renaud is a young mother living on the French Riviera in the Second World War. Times are hard but she is not the sort to be dismayed by circumstances. One day her life changes forever. A young Jewish woman, fleeing from the authorities, begs her to take care of her four year old boy, David. Almost without thinking, Viviane agrees. Viviane’s life is never the same again. She fabricates a story to explain how David came to be with her and must tip-toe around the suspicions of her neighbours, her...

On December 20, 1924, the newest hotel in downtown Los Angeles opened its doors. Catering to businessmen, bankers, theatergoers, and travelers, the Cecil started out as a home away from home for the city's high rollers. Then came the Great Depression. Times changed, and the hotel found itself in the middle of Skid Row.

On July 23, 2007, Dr. William Petit suffered an unimaginable horror: Armed strangers broke into his suburban Connecticut home in the middle of the night, bludgeoned him nearly to death, tortured and killed his wife and two daughters, and set their house on fire. He miraculously survived, and yet living through those horrific hours was only the beginning of his ordeal. Broken and defeated, Bill was forced to confront a question of ultimate consequence: How does a person find the strength to start over and live again after confronting the darkest of nightmares?

Life just got a lot more complicated. One year later, they’re sharing custody of LuLu, the child neither thought they'd ever have. Or could love so much. Then Louie’s boyfriend came back, filling their lives – and his tiny apartment. The doting gay father and his lover weren’t a problem for the mother but finding new housing and a woman for herself seemed impossible. And then there was the murderer next door... Would Arlie's new female partner, a youthful-looking Native meant to attract the human traffickers, be the answer to her problems and the State of Alaska's, too? A Diversity ...

Ralph Branca is best known for throwing the pitch that resulted in Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard ‘Round the World", the historic homerun that capped an incredible comeback and won the pennant for the Giants in 1951. And so Branca was on the losing end of what many consider to be baseball's most thrilling moment, but that notoriety belies a profoundly successful life and career.