36 Hours to Kill

A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service, where he becomes entwined with a wealthy woman whose husband is a successful writer.