The Winds of Change

You have paradise - where to now? Is everything sometimes not enough? Dramatic events bring a touch of reality into the idyll and somehow life is never quite the same again. All it takes is the wind to change direction...

Someone bearing a grudge makes kidnap and ransom very personal indeed for Terry Thorne. With the help of Dino, Jack and Ann he undertakes a rescue mission which has unforeseen consequences and forces him into confrontation with the one man who might actually be able to destroy his world...

1. The Set Up
An old enemy catches up on Terry Thorne and vows revenge. His target? The woman Terry loves. With the help of Dino, Terry prepares to fight back - but he hasn't counted on the woman in question... or her partner in crime. By Annsmac and Uma 6/03

2. The Sting
Against their better judgment Terry, Dino and Jack allow Uma and Ann to put their plan into operation. It involves an intensely embarrassing sexual scam that should be relatively easy to fake. Well, that was the idea, anyway... By Annsmac and Uma 6/03

3. Sex Lies and Audiotape
The tapes reveal that the participants carried out their tasks perfectly. But how much of the subtext will be obvious to the listeners? By Annsmac and Uma 6/03

4. We All Do What We Must
The men are now in charge of the operation, but a very important piece of information is overlooked. The result is a near- tragedy that can only be averted one way. Is there any doubt that Terry Thorne would hesitate if he was asked to lay his life on the line for someone else? By Annsmac and Uma 6/03

5. The Final Details
The typical ending of an adventure - the good guy wins - but wait! Doesn't the bad guy always survive for one last do or die attack... ? By Annsmac and Uma 6/03

After the kidnappings, after the trauma... those affected face their fears, face the future and face each other. It will be a time when some fly apart, some fly away and some fly by night. What will it take for them to fly home again?

1. Standing in the Shadow of Love
Thanks to Jack's pragmatic example, Ann's resolutely getting her life back together after the Raul experience. She takes her first step in a visit with East, who joins her when she's on a business trip to Tucson. What's to fear in shadows anyway? By Annsmac 7/03

2. Heat Wave
It's hate on sight for Zack and Ann when they meet during a trip to Washington, D.C., to work with Dino on a project. Zack may be an ass, but he may know more that Ann wants him to see. By Annsmac 7/03

3. Lifelines
Now that the dust has settled, the events on New Orleans are beginning to take their toll and Uma and Terry are struggling with the aftermath.... By Uma 7/03

4. Mercy, Mercy Me
Uma was traumatized in her extreme encounter with Raul. Ann's worried about her as she doesn't seem to be facing the fact that she's a crime victim. Sometimes, mercy can be too much. Does it take another woman to make Uma face her real fears? By Annsmac 7/03

5. Reach Out
Terry's always been there for Ann when she's most needed his strength. But in the wake of the incidents with Raul, she has purposely stayed away. When Uma asks her to go to him, Ann figures that for once, it's Terry who is in need. In a night when he finds the way to tell a little about the fears with which he's wrestling, Ann finds the way to help him. But at what cost to herself? By Annsmac 7/03

6. You've Really Got A Hold On Me
At what point is it better to know what your fears are? As Ann reads Uma's private journal, she begins to gather a fuller understanding of what the trauma's mental toll has been for her friend. Along the way, it prompts her own internal musing. By Annsmac 7/03

7. Looking at the Moon
Lachlan makes a first visit to meet Uma and manages to break right through her defences. That's romance for you... By Uma 7/03

8. Slipping the Bonds
Lachlan and Uma get to know each other better back home in London - will he be the key to unlocking her nightmares? By Uma 7/03

9. Take Me In Your Arms
Jack and Ann have grown closer after the kidnapping, a new level in their relationship. But Ann has begun to fear that she is failing him and that she will lose his love in the process. Is there anything that could shake Jack's love? Or will he remain her rock? Her only true guide through the storm? By Annsmac 7/03

Terry's life has plummeted into chaos again and he is trying to hold on. A meeting with a beautiful woman, Heather, is about to affect his life profoundly. Meanwhile Lachlan Curry has met a new girl and they have shared a rather romantic interlude. Will these two developments have repercussions for Terry and Uma?

1. Cabin Pressure: Part 1
Heather meets Terry in Manila for a first visit that is anything but typical. By Lachlyn 7/03

2. Cabin Pressure: Part 2
At a time when he really needs it, Terry finds friendship and safe harbor in the last place he expects it. By Lachlyn 7/03

3. Freefall: Part 1
Terry and Heather have found something unexpected during their time together in Manila.... but what will happen when Uma and Lachlan arrive unexpectedly? By Uma and Lachlyn 8/03

4. Freefall: Part 2
Breakfast for four. A tense and unpleasant interlude follows in the aftermath of the arrival of Lachlan and Uma. And Lachlan is unusually aggressive today... By Lachlyn and Uma 8/03

5. Have I Told You Lately....?
Time to talk the talk..... Terry and Uma set the record straight. By Uma 8/03

6. Freefall: Part 3
The day passes and a series of meetings helps to bring some sanity back. But as dinner for four looms will the tensions of the morning return? By Lachlyn and Uma 8/03

7. Freefall: Part 4
Good food, witty company and dancing the night away appear to be the ingredients required for the four of them to find some peace. As one couple disappears to rediscover their commitment, the other sets out on a journey all of their own... By Lachlyn and Uma 8/03

Coming home in all its meanings... Terry and Uma are about to start a life together in their new home. Jack and Ann can face the future with their demons finally slayed. And Lachlan and Heather make a commitment to each other that will change their lives forever...

1. Get Ready
The things a woman will confess to her diary... fears, nightmares, day terrors, rage, memory lapses. Even the biggest fear of all... abandonment by the man she loves. This is Ann's revealing diary of facing fears that have kept her running ever since the kidnapping. Who will help her confront the demons? By Annsmac 8/03

2. Three-Point Landing
Three people, each broken by a single event, find that what made them weaker when they faced it separately, would make them stronger if they put it right together. They free themselves to find what has been taken from them: safety, warmth, home. A hauntingly beautiful tale of the redemption possible in the union of one man and two women who love him. By Annsmac and Uma 8/03

3. For Once in my Life
Ann flies home to find Jack, her rock, is the one man who'd never desert her. For once in her life, she realizes she's got someone who needs her as much as she needs him. By Annsmac 8/03

4. Angels Twelve: Part 1
Lachlan and Heather take a chance and let life take them where it will. In the process, they manage to make a few golden moments of their own. By Lachlyn 9/03

5. Angels Twelve: Part 2
In that dark room filled with disappointment and surprise, Lachlan and Heather manage to bump into both as they find their way home. By Lachlyn 9/03

6. Business as Usual: Part 1
After the mayhem of Temple Week, Terry and Lachlan are returning to the grindstone. But a long plane journey teaches them rather more about their friends and partners than anything that had happened the week before. By Uma and Lachlyn 10/03

7. Business as Usual: Part 2
A noise in the dark wakes Terry, who discovers he can't help but listen in.... but then the tables turn and he finds himself making a little noise of his own. By Uma and Lachlyn 10/03