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Temptation's Run

Temptations Run – 1888, The Gold Rush

A charismatic stranger in town, Hugo Brant, charms the townsfolk and encourages them to gamble on a running race. JESS runs for fun, his competitor Tugen runs for love – and Brant, a con-man, is driven by money and tries to fix the race…

A Dream of Flying – present dayDream Of Flying
Anna’s life and dreams are shattered after a horse-riding accident leaves her paralysed. At a holiday camp, she meets JESS and Mike, who is also disabled. They both help rekindle her love for life and she starts to chase her dreams again…

False WitnessFalse Witness – 1692, Brandon, North America
Rumour and resentment combine in a campaign of lies and smears against an innocent widowed mother, Mrs Miller, who goes on trial for witchcraft. JESS rises to her defense to rid the town of its superstitions – and save Mrs Miller from the anger of Sarah Kent, her accuser…

Friendly IslandsFriendly Islands – 1830, Friendly Islands, South Pacific
Jess is shipwrecked on a beautiful tropical island. The arrival of Mr Buchanan, a zealous English missionary, turns island life upside down as Jess is caught in a clash between two cultures, two beliefs, and two ways of life…

Gone FishingGone Fishing – 1952, small town USA.
Cleaver Jackson is rich and successful but unhappy – all his life seems to be work, work, work. He goes fishing with JESS and discovers there’s more to life than being stuck in an office – just at the very time when Cleaver is most needed at work to foil a plan that might ruin all he has worked so hard to achieve…

All That GlistensAll that Glistens – 19th Century, West Coast USA
Molly and her brother, Billy, are eccentric and causing trouble at school – this is noticed by Jess, who is hired to make repairs to the school building. It turns out Molly and Billy have been abandoned. JESS sets out to find their father, an alcoholic, and reunite the family to prevent Molly and Billy being taken into care.

And Judas Had a BrotherAnd Judas Had a Brother – 53 A.D, Roman Empire
Working at an orphanage, Jess becomes involved in a plot to protect two innocent children from the Romans. He needs the help of Lysias – but can the eccentric man be trusted? Is he a Roman spy? Or indeed not really “Lysias” at all, but someone else…

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