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Most people run away when they see a man that shoots lasers from his eyes try to rob a bank. They rather not be cut up like half the place is.
But Soap isn't most people. He's a journalist, and his job is to document exactly what's wrong with this city, even if it endangers him.
Well… It's not his job yet. As it stands right now, his actual job involves editing the lifestyle section of a local newspaper firm, "Manchester Mail", which… Does not entail running straight into an ongoing crime scene, but he digresses.
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Soap's dream is to become an investigative journalist, uncover the injustice that lurks in the streets of Manchester. He gets himself into dangerous situations, trying to get a glimpse of the truth, when he stumbles upon Ghost, the city's mysterious shadow-wielding super.
Every day, he comes to a local café called "Roast & Toast", chatting with its only worker, Simon, who, for his part, is furious to find the reporter that has been pestering him while he's working as Ghost, reach his day job by sheer luck.- Language:
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14 Dec 2025
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Simon Riley, known as “The Ghost of Manchester,” has spent fifteen years as the most feared hitman in Britain’s underworld, until one last job grants him a chance at a new life. He escapes to Wynndale, a picture-perfect Yorkshire village decked in Christmas cheer, determined to live in the shadows and forget his violent past. Which proves impossible when Johnny MacTavish, a cheerful ex-soldier turned coffee shop owner of The Sneaky Kilt, and relentless spreader of holiday spirit, crashes through Simon’s defenses like nothing he's ever experienced before.
As Wynndale celebrates the season, Simon is drawn into Johnny’s world of found family, sparkly kilts, the true joy that comes with Christmas, and after-hours decorating. Before long, he finds his dark grey world slowly transformed into golds, greens, and reds, though none as vibrant as the blue eyes of Johnny.
However, when Simon discovers Johnny's in danger from more than just the local thugs threatening his coffee shop, Simon must confront the darkness he can’t outrun, a lifetime of cold and calculation, and what it truly means to love and live with another.
Or as I like to call it: "Hallmark Presents : A Hitman For Christmas"
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06 Dec 2025
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Johnny’s knee injury forces him to leave the military behind, leading him to a new life in forensic science. His new job introduces him to Ghost–the serial killer who leaves a trail of corpses in his wake, and who seems to have taken quite a liking to Johnny.
And as much as he knows he shouldn't enjoy it, Johnny can't help but bask in the attention.
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05 Dec 2025
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Simon “Ghost” Riley, recently put on leave due to hand tremors, takes a job as the personal bodyguard for rising star John “Soap” MacTavish. He thinks it’ll be simple watch the client, keep him safe, get paid. But John is nothing like Simon expected, and the more time they spend together, the harder it is to keep things professional.
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02 Dec 2025
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There’s a ghost haunting the 141 common room. At least, Soap is about 80% sure there is, which is, in fairness, realistically about as sure as anyone could reasonably be about spooks haunting their workplace. He’s not stupid, he knows no one else is going to believe him if he brings it up. The scorn if he suddenly starts harping on about ghosties and ghoulies.
None of that negates the fact that there definitely is one though. Probably.
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30 Nov 2025