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Havana, 1958. The daughter of a sugar baron, 19-year-old Elisa Perez is part of Cuba's high society, where she is largely sheltered from the country's growing political unrest - until she embarks on a clandestine affair with a passionate revolutionary...Miami, 2017. Freelance writer Marisol Ferrera grew up hearing romantic stories of Cuba from her late grandmother Elisa, who was forced to flee during the revolution. Arriving in Havana, Marisol comes face-to-face with the contrast of Cuba's tropical, timeless beauty and its perilous political climate.

The Cuban Revolution took everything from sugar heiress Beatriz Perez - her family, her people, her country. Recruited by the CIA to infiltrate Fidel Castro's inner circle and pulled into the dangerous world of espionage, Beatriz is consumed by her quest for revenge and her desire to reclaim the life she lost. As the Cold War swells like a hurricane over the shores of the Florida Strait, Beatriz is caught between the clash of Cuban-American politics and the perils of a forbidden affair with a powerful man driven by ambitions of his own. 

For the tourists, Labor Day weekend is an opportunity to forget the economic depression gripping the nation. But Key West-native Helen Berner yearns to escape. After the Cuban Revolution of 1933 leaves Mirta Perez’s family in a precarious position, she agrees to an arranged marriage with a notorious American and arrives in the Keys on her honeymoon. Elizabeth Preston's trip to Key West is a chance to save her once-wealthy family from their troubles after the Wall Street crash. Over the course of the holiday weekend, the women’s paths cross unexpectedly.

Eric Jansen - call sign Thor - loves nothing more than pushing his F-16 to the limit. Returning home to South Carolina after a tragic loss, he hopes to fix the mistake he made long ago, when he chose the Air Force over his fiancée. Becca Madison isn’t quick to welcome Thor back. She can’t forget how he shattered her heart. But Thor won’t give up once he’s set his sights on what he wants - and he wants Becca. 

It’s been a year since Dani Peterson lost her husband, Joker, the squadron commander of the Wild Aces. When she gets an offer from his best friend, Alex “Easy” Rogers, to help fix up her house, Dani accepts, and their friendship grows - along with an undeniable attraction. Racked by guilt for loving his best friend’s widow, Easy’s caught between what he wants and can’t have. Until one night everything changes, and the woman who’s always held his heart ends up in his arms.

Jackie Gardner knows all about dirty little secrets. The illegitimate daughter of one of the most influential senators in Washington, DC, she grew up surrounded by the scandals and shadows of politics. Now that she’s landed an internship with a powerful political consulting firm, she’s determined to launch her career and take this city by storm. William Andrew Clayton was born for politics. He knows the drill: work hard, play discreetly, and at all costs, avoid scandal. At 26, his campaign for the Virginia State Senate is the first step to cementing his future.

The daughter of one of the Senate's most powerful figures, Blair Reynolds was ready to become the ultimate political wife-until she caught her fiance cheating on her wedding day. Law school is a fresh start, her shot at putting the pieces of her life back together. That's the plan, at least. Until trouble comes in the form of her Torts professor, the man whose arrogance infuriates her in class but haunts her private fantasies.

Kate Reynolds has just graduated from college and is determined to make it on her own. Her job as a junior political analyst at the CIA is a dream come true and the perfect opportunity to find answers about the night that’s plagued her for four years - the night she lost her fiancé, Matt, on a Special Forces mission in Afghanistan. Kate’s consumed with uncovering the truth and avenging the man she loved and lost, even if it means risking her own life to prove that his death wasn’t an accident.

Palm Beach, 1960: Schon seit einiger Zeit lebt Beatriz mit ihrer Familie in Florida. Und doch kann sie ihn nicht verwinden - den Verlust ihrer Heimat, ihrer Freunde und den ihres Bruders. Sie ist getrieben von der Sehnsucht nach Havanna und dem Wunsch nach Vergeltung. Während die Kluft zwischen Amerika und Kuba immer größer wird, gerät Beatriz plötzlich zwischen die politischen Fronten, und dann verliebt sie sich auch noch in einen mächtigen Mann, auf den sie sich niemals einlassen darf.

US Air Force fighter pilot Noah Miller - call sign Burn - loves nothing more than flying hard and fast. When he meets a gorgeous and sassy woman while partying in Las Vegas, he immediately locks on to her. Jordan Callahan owns a thriving clothing boutique, but her love life is far less successful. Her luck changes when six feet, two inches of sexy swagger asks her to dance and turns her world upside-down. One scorching weekend becomes an undeniable chemistry that they can’t leave in Vegas. But the long-distance relationship and their different lives threaten to ground their romance.

Miami 2017: Marisol macht sich auf den Weg in eine fremde Heimat: nach Kuba, das Land ihrer Familie. Hierher wollte ihre Großmutter Elisa Zeit ihres Lebens zurückkehren und jetzt soll sie hier beigesetzt werden. Havanna 1958: Elisa, Tochter eines Plantagenbesitzers, verkehrt in den besseren Kreisen Havannas und weiß kaum etwas über die Lage Kubas. Bis sie einen Mann kennenlernt, der tief verstrickt ist in die politischen Umwälzungen, die ihre Zukunft für immer verändern werden.

Miami 2017: Marisol macht sich auf den Weg in eine fremde Heimat: nach Kuba, das Land ihrer Familie. Hierher wollte ihre Großmutter Elisa Zeit ihres Lebens zurückkehren und jetzt soll sie hier beigesetzt werden. Havanna 1958: Elisa, Tochter eines Plantagenbesitzers, verkehrt in den besseren Kreisen Havannas und weiß kaum etwas über die Lage Kubas. Bis sie einen Mann kennenlernt, der tief verstrickt ist in die politischen Umwälzungen, die ihre Zukunft für immer verändern werden.

A feud rages in Gilded Age New York City between newspaper tycoons William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer. When Grace Harrington lands a job at Hearst's newspaper in 1896, she’s caught in a cutthroat world where one scoop can make or break your career, but it’s a story emerging from Cuba that changes her life. Unjustly imprisoned in a notorious Havana women's jail, 18-year-old Evangelina Cisneros dreams of a Cuba free from Spanish oppression. Then Hearst learns of her plight and splashes her image on the front page of his paper....