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"I’ve told you before, Carla Connor, that you are my soulmate," Lisa promised, her voice unwavering, fierce, and utterly devoted. She paused, her gaze searching Carla's dark eyes with a depth of intensity that made Carla’s breath hitch. "But you, Ryan, Betsy, and now Connie... you all are my life. This house isn’t a sanctuary because of the bricks. It’s a sanctuary because you’re all in it."
An alternate, gentle look at the time leading up to Carla and Lisa's wedding. Away from the noise of the street, it's a story about the quiet, intimate moments between them and the family they have steadily built together.
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02 Jun 2026
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Carla Connor-Swain and Lisa Connor-Swain never really let go of Bramble Row or each other.
From messy post-uni years to building a life, marriage, and raising their daughter Betsy Connor-Swain, they’ve grown up side by side through everything Weatherfield throws at them.
Now with a teenage daughter of their own, old chaos still finds them, while the girls of Bramble Row remain a constant thread to the past they can’t quite leave behind
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01 Jun 2026
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Carla Connor is an A-list actress whose career has hit a wall. In order to land the role of a lifetime she lied to the director, claiming she grew up on a farm. Now, the studio has sent her to a remote ranch in the Scottish Highlands for "authenticity training."
Lisa is the no-nonsense owner of Glen Etive Farm, who has been paid a small fortune by the studio to turn a "spoiled starlet" into a ranch hand in three weeks.
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19 May 2026
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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 CBGB87
05 May 2026
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Carla Connor has spent years building something that lasts. A steady kitchen, a busy Manchester pub, a life she can control.
She doesn’t take risks on people anymore.
Lisa Swain has never stayed anywhere long enough to belong. This job is supposed to be temporary.
It isn’t.
Because for the first time in a long time, Lisa finds something that feels dangerously close to home.
AU: Ages changed — Carla (35), Lisa (33), Betsy (16)
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05 May 2026