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Single mother DS Lisa Swain enrols her young daughter Betsy into an aerial class, in a bid to get her into a new hobby while she juggles parenthood and recovers from demons of the past.
What she doesn't anticipate is falling in love with Carla Connor, the owner and pole instructor of Elevé fitness studio, and learning how to love her own body once again.Bookmarked by shadowqa
14 May 2026
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Carla is standing there, dark in her signature look and eyes full of expression. She is the opposite of death and nothing like the people who have turned to mere memories, and Lisa can’t help but be drawn to her, desperately clinging to her charm as a way to forget everything else.
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Lisa's story from losing her wife to finding something new with Carla. But is it already too late to heal what's haunting her?
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10 May 2026
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Carla replayed it in her mind over and over— the cold look on Lisa’s face as she’d told Carla to go, the blame she had spat in Carla’s face. It was impossible to reconcile this with her love, her life, the Lisa who had held her hand all those months ago and told her she was never going anywhere.
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10 May 2026
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Lisa spent four years in witness protection after an undercover operation went south.
To Carla’s knowledge she became a widow at the time with their 2 year old daughter Betsy, because she was told her wife Lisa, died in the line of duty.
Betsy is football obsessed and inspired by the Lionesses and wants to play for England when she grows up. Will she ever get to meet the Lionesses?
What happens when Lisa can finally come home and Carla had psychosis and couldn’t care for Betsy?
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08 May 2026
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A delayed gift arrives on an ordinary Tuesday, stirring old emotions neither Carla nor Lisa are prepared to face.
As they move through the familiar rhythms of family life, every glance and passing remark hints at a history far more complicated than either of them will admit.
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08 May 2026