Jill Evans has it all. A big house, fast car, and a great career as a decorated police sergeant in Wales.

But when it comes to love, she can never seem to get things right, and after multiple failed engagements, Jill is starting to think it's never going to happen for her.

That is, until she connects online with a charming, handsome, and successful man named Dean Jenkins.

He's a self-proclaimed entrepreneur with a business that's a bit of a mystery.

After a few dates, they go on a spontaneous holiday to Italy, and Dean pays with bags full of cash.

From the outside, there may be some red flags, but Jill doesn't care. He's the one.

And just six months in, Jill finds out she's pregnant, and they make plans to spend the rest of their lives together.

But the night after Halloween, Jill receives a shocking text that will change everything.

And what she reads threatens to take away her dreams of happiness, her career,

and maybe even her freedom. Wondery and Novel's new podcast, Stolen Hearts, tells the

intricate love story of Jill and Dean and how opposites really do attract. I'm about to

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Like a lot of small towns in the UK, Haverford West manages to be both charmingly quaint and slightly depressing.

It's in Wales, about 100 miles from the capital, Cardiff.

It's a small community nestled in the countryside,

the sort of place where medieval churches mix with empty shops and greasy kebab houses.

But for those that are born there,

many choose not to leave.

Because despite the slightly run-down high street,

it's the kind of place that you can get on with your life without too much fuss.

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