My name is Hudson Newgate, but my teammates call me "New Guy". That was my nickname in Chicago, too. And Vancouver. That鈥檚 what happens when you keep getting traded. Brooklyn is my last chance, especially after my poor performance last season.

As an expert baker, Rosaline Palmer is a big believer in always following the recipe. She's lived her life by that rule - well, except for when she dropped out of college to raise her daughter, Amelie. Now, with a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, she's teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there's a whisk there's a way...and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation's most beloved baking show.

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice normal relationship...and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and someone who has never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. He鈥檚 perfect boyfriend material.

Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city鈥檚 biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can鈥檛 let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy. Andy Fleming鈥檚 newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. He鈥檚 barely able to run his life.

Bookstore owner Aubrey Barnes likes his quiet, orderly London life, thank you very much. His shop may be struggling, his only employee is a menace, and his plumbing is one creaky pipe away from disaster, but he can handle it. Maybe. He cannot, however, handle the film company that's thrown his Soho street into chaos. And he definitely can't handle the charismatic American actor Blake Sinclair.

Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally. It was always his father鈥檚 hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up...romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine鈥檚 proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again. Arabella鈥檚 twin brother, Mr. Bonaventure 鈥淏onny鈥� Tarleton, has also grown up...romantic. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella.

Ned鈥檚 exhausted from his divorce, single parenting, and graduate school, so when his boss comes up with a plan to 'improve' work-life balance, Ned wants no part of it. But Dr. Charles Henry Abbot, PhD has other ideas. Once Ned鈥檚 least favorite professor and now his infuriating colleague, Ned needs Abbot鈥檚 help editing his dissertation. With their newly limited work schedules, Abbot suggests the worst idea Ned鈥檚 ever heard: pretend to date. Convince their co-workers鈥揳nd their boss鈥搕hat they鈥檙e in a relationship and nailing this whole personal life thing...and each other.

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it鈥檚 no wonder then that he鈥檚 spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise鈥檚 history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.

Max Moody thought he had everything figured out. He鈥檚 trying to live his best life in New York City and has the best friend a gay guy could ask for: Paige. She and Max grew up next door to each other in the suburbs of Chicago. She can light up any party. She finishes his sentences. She鈥檚 always a reliable splunch (they don鈥檛 like to use the word brunch) partner. But then Max鈥檚 whole world is turned upside down when Paige suddenly announces some huge news: she鈥檚 engaged and wants Max to be her man of honor.

Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of California鈥檚 presidential campaign. If only he didn鈥檛 have to deal with Clay Parker, the infuriatingly smug data analyst who gets under Thom鈥檚 skin like it鈥檚 his job. In the midst of one of their heated and very public arguments, a journalist snaps a photo, but the image makes it look like they鈥檙e kissing. As if that weren鈥檛 already worst-nightmare territory, the photo goes viral鈥攁nd in a bid to secure the liberal vote, the governor asks them to lean into it. Hard.

There are plenty of words Jonah Collins could use to describe Dylan Ram铆rez. 鈥淎rrogant,鈥� 鈥渟poiled,鈥� and 鈥済olden boy鈥� to name a few. Likewise, Dylan thinks he has Jonah accurately labeled as an attention-seeking asshat who never shuts his filthy mouth. Their friends are convinced Jonah鈥檚 and Dylan鈥檚 disdain for one another is just thinly veiled lust鈥攁 rumor that surges like wildfire when the two wake up in one bed after homecoming. Mutually horrified, Dylan and Jonah agree to use the faux pas to their advantage by fake dating.

Charles Preston Carmichael is the most infuriating man I've ever met. I want to sock the golden boy of college hockey right in the mouth. He enjoys telling me everything I'm messing up鈥攑ublicly. And since he's my roommate for the next year, I can't avoid him. Yet there's something about him that makes me watch him. Something dark. A secret I want to uncover. When he returns from a weekend away, broken and haunted, I can't keep my distance anymore. He needs someone, and I'll be damned if it's not me.

When fanfic writer Aaron Page landed a temp job with the creator of hit TV show, Leeches, it was only meant to last a week. Three years later, Aaron鈥檚 still there. It could be because he loves the creative challenge. It could be because he鈥檚 a huge Leeches fanboy. It鈥檚 definitely not because of Lewis Hunter, his extremely demanding, staggeringly rude...and breathtakingly gorgeous boss.

Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels鈥攗ntil everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London clerk into Sir Gareth, with a grand house on the remote Romney Marsh and a family he doesn't know. The Marsh is another world, a strange, empty place notorious for its ruthless gangs of smugglers. And one of them is dangerously familiar鈥�/p>

When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive鈥攖he friendship of a like-minded, pitch-black soul. From small-town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.

Lana Fleming鈥檚 sister has vanished from the set of TV鈥檚 hottest show, and no one seems to care. Desperate for answers, Lana sneaks in as an extra, only to get stranded with Griffin Hart, an A-list action star with a reputation for good abs and bad decisions. Though Griffin didn鈥檛 expect to be cast as a librarian鈥檚 sidekick in a real-life thriller, he鈥檚 weirdly into it鈥攁nd into her. Even more unsettling鈥攕he sees right through his playboy persona. But their meet-cute soon turns deadly when they uncover a Hollywood scandal for the ages.

It鈥檚 Valentine鈥檚 Day weekend, and Charlotte and Seth are not looking for romance. Armed with emotional-support bear spray, Charlotte is in self-imposed isolation and on guard from men. Having a stalker can do that to a person鈥檚 nerves. Just across the hall and giving off woodsy vibes is Seth, a recently divorced arborist. As in today recently. Heights, he鈥檚 fine with. Trust? Not so much.

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best-selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

Liv鈥檚 happy with life in her thirties. She has two cats, one BFF, and no boyfriend, which is just how she likes it. Plus, she loves working at a not-for-profit software company where she can be her authentically autistic self. This is her happy ever after. But when her beloved firm merges with a repulsive rival, Liv finds herself competing with her sort-of-ex for the top job. Sure, Finn had been Liv鈥檚 best friend, with his nerdy good looks and their shared love of Tolkien, but there was that one night, their song, and 鈥� well, she doesn鈥檛 like to talk about it.

Meet Randi Burnett鈥攕he鈥檚 brilliant, she鈥檚 beautiful, and she works for the bride. Missing groom? Intoxicated in-laws? Crying ring-bearer? You name it, she wrangles it. Too bad her personal life isn鈥檛 thriving like her side gig as a bridesmaid for hire. Recently dumped, Randi throws herself into her biggest challenge yet when she鈥檚 hired as a maid of honor and pretend best friend for an ice queen bride. There鈥檚 just one problem鈥攖he best man is infuriating, overprotective, and anti-marriage.

Luc O'Donnell is tangentially - and reluctantly - famous. His rock-star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next 20 years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything. To clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice normal relationship...and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and someone who has never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. He鈥檚 perfect boyfriend material.

Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on hope, happiness, and鈥攎ost of all鈥攈imself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people鈥檚 expectations. Then a chance encounter throws him into the path of Essex-born Darian Taylor. By his own admission, Darian isn鈥檛 the crispest lettuce in the fridge, but he makes Ash laugh, reminding him of what it鈥檚 like to step beyond the boundaries of anxiety.

Ned鈥檚 exhausted from his divorce, single parenting, and graduate school, so when his boss comes up with a plan to 'improve' work-life balance, Ned wants no part of it. But Dr. Charles Henry Abbot, PhD has other ideas. Once Ned鈥檚 least favorite professor and now his infuriating colleague, Ned needs Abbot鈥檚 help editing his dissertation. With their newly limited work schedules, Abbot suggests the worst idea Ned鈥檚 ever heard: pretend to date. Convince their co-workers鈥揳nd their boss鈥搕hat they鈥檙e in a relationship and nailing this whole personal life thing...and each other.

Valentine Layton, the Duke of Malvern, has twin problems: literally. It was always his father鈥檚 hope that Valentine would marry Miss Arabella Tarleton. But, unfortunately, too many novels at an impressionable age have caused her to grow up...romantic. So romantic that a marriage of convenience will not do and after Valentine鈥檚 proposal she flees into the night determined never to set eyes on him again. Arabella鈥檚 twin brother, Mr. Bonaventure 鈥淏onny鈥� Tarleton, has also grown up...romantic. And fully expects Valentine to ride out after Arabella.

When fanfic writer Aaron Page landed a temp job with the creator of hit TV show, Leeches, it was only meant to last a week. Three years later, Aaron鈥檚 still there. It could be because he loves the creative challenge. It could be because he鈥檚 a huge Leeches fanboy. It鈥檚 definitely not because of Lewis Hunter, his extremely demanding, staggeringly rude...and breathtakingly gorgeous boss.

Bookstore owner Aubrey Barnes likes his quiet, orderly London life, thank you very much. His shop may be struggling, his only employee is a menace, and his plumbing is one creaky pipe away from disaster, but he can handle it. Maybe. He cannot, however, handle the film company that's thrown his Soho street into chaos. And he definitely can't handle the charismatic American actor Blake Sinclair.

M'lady's name is Shadowless, cos she's the fastest ship in the sky. And she ain't no everyday airship, she's an aethership, meaning she don't need engines nor turbines nor nowt but an aethermancer and the stars t' guide her. When luckless Dil falls half-dead onto the deck of the skyship Shadowless, he joins an outlaw crew haunted by visions of maelstrom. Driven by a ruthless captain, guided by a pilot with madness in her eyes, they hunt the power that holds up the clouds. Until it turns - to hunt them.

Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it鈥檚 that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. Ben thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn鈥檛 be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend鈥檚 things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them? Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated. Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited.

Tommy Dees is in the weeds鈥攔estaurant speak for beyond overwhelmed. He鈥檚 been working as a server at Sunset Estates retirement community to get the experience he needs to attend one of the best culinary schools in the world. And to make his application shine, he also needs a letter of recommendation from his sadistic manager. But in exchange for the letter, Tommy has to meet three conditions鈥攊ncluding training the new hire.

Nick Russo has worked his way from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood to a reporting job at one of the city鈥檚 biggest newspapers. But the late 1950s are a hostile time for gay men, and Nick knows that he can鈥檛 let anyone into his life. He just never counted on meeting someone as impossible to say no to as Andy. Andy Fleming鈥檚 newspaper-tycoon father wants him to take over the family business. Andy, though, has no intention of running the paper. He鈥檚 barely able to run his life.

The 1960 baseball season is shaping up to be the worst year of Eddie O鈥橪eary鈥檚 life. He can鈥檛 manage to hit the ball, his new teammates hate him, he鈥檚 living out of a suitcase, and he鈥檚 homesick. When the team鈥檚 owner orders him to give a bunch of interviews to some snobby reporter, he鈥檚 ready to call it quits. He can barely manage to behave himself for the length of a game, let alone an entire season. But he鈥檚 already on thin ice, so he has no choice but to agree.

With a paycheck as useful as greaseproof paper and a house crumbling faster than biscuits in tea, Rosaline Palmer is teetering on the edge of financial disaster. But where there鈥檚 a whisk there鈥檚 a way...and Rosaline has just landed a spot on the nation鈥檚 most beloved baking show. Winning the prize money would give her daughter the life she deserves - and Rosaline is determined to stick to the instructions. However, more than collapsing trifles stand between Rosaline and sweet, sweet victory.

Dev Deshpande has always believed in fairy tales. So it鈥檚 no wonder then that he鈥檚 spent his career crafting them on the long-running reality dating show Ever After. As the most successful producer in the franchise鈥檚 history, Dev always scripts the perfect love story for his contestants, even as his own love life crashes and burns. But then the show casts disgraced tech wunderkind Charlie Winshaw as its star.

In his small Georgia town, Barclay Elliot is basically a legend. Here basketball is all that matters, and no one has a bigger spotlight than Barclay. Until he decides to use the biggest pep rally in the town鈥檚 history to come out to his school. And things change. Quickly. Barclay is faced with hostility he never expected. Suddenly he is at odds with his own team, and he doesn鈥檛 even have his grandfather to turn to the way he used to. But who is Barclay if he doesn鈥檛 have basketball?

Danny Scudd is absolutely fine. He always dreamed of escaping the small-town life of his parents鈥� fish-and-chip shop, moving to London, and becoming a journalist. And, after five years in the city, his career isn鈥檛 exactly awful, and his relationship with pretentious Tobbs isn鈥檛 exactly unfulfilling. Certainly his limited-edition Dolly Parton vinyls and many (maybe too many) house plants are hitting the spot.