Soap World No. 301

The affair between Katie and Wyatt continues to heat up on The Bold and the Beautiful but how long can the lovers keep their clandestine hook-ups a secret? Especially with Bill and Steffy suspicious that Katie may have a new man in her life it’s only a matter of time before they discover that Wyatt is Katie’s mystery lover. On Home and Away, the truth about Scarlett shocks all — will she ever recover from this? While on A Place to Call Home, Anna continues to flaunt her new wild side... Lots of surprising twists and turns on the soaps and dramas — including local favourites 800 Words and The Secret Daughter — plus behind-the-scenes gossip and much more. Enjoy the issue!…

B&B’s Thomas quits! * Hot on the heels of ROME FLYNN ’s (Zende) announcement that he’s leaving The Bold And The Beautiful comes news that another of the show’s hunks is quitting the soap. PIERSON FODE (Thomas) has revealed that he’s leaving B&B and has already filmed his final scenes. Discussing his reasons for the move, Fode said, “This has been one of the hardest decisions I’ve made. You want to have your cake and eat it too. You want to be there and I still want to go off and shoot a Marvel movie. I want to still be shooting B&B and I want to do a Netflix series, and at the end of the day, you can’t do it all. And that was the choice that I had…

Keeping their desire under wraps proves difficult when Steffy calls on Katie and deduces she has a new lover. After months of carefully tiptoeing around each other, Katie and Wyatt have finally confessed their love for each other and are ready to take their relationship to the next level. After a romantic dinner date, they end up making passionate love for the first time, at long last satisfied that they’re officially together in every way. Suddenly, Katie (Heather Tom) and Wyatt’s (Darin Brooks) delight is rudely interrupted by Bill’s (Don Diamont) booming voice, forcing a naked Wyatt to hide in the bathroom. In the bedroom, Bill spies the evidence of Katie’s rendezvous and playfully teases her about her companion but she won’t reveal anything. After a suspicious Bill leaves, Wyatt…

Maya suggests that they promote Zende to the Paris office to fill a vacancy. Weeks ago when Nicole finally signed the formal adoption papers that allowed Maya and Rick to legally adopt Lizzie as their own, Maya breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that her sister’s decision had resolved any angst that Nicole had about taking custody of Lizzie herself given that she’s her biological mother. Maya hoped that her younger sister would eventually find another way of having the child that she craved. Unfortunately for Maya (Karla Mosley), her hopes appear dashed when she witnesses a special moment between Nicole (Reign Edwards) and Lizzie. Overhearing her little girl innocently call Nicole “Mama”, Maya panics as her insecurities force her to remind Lizzie that Nicole is her aunt. Later, Maya…

Most hurtful was Caleb’s vicious letter, blaming Scarlett for the death of their son Max. She’s been a woman on the run since the moment she arrived in Summer Bay, and time is about to run out — and fast — for Scarlett Snow. Mystery woman Scarlett (Tania Nolan) has known this day has been coming for a long time, and has done everything she can to avoid it. But in dramatic upcoming episodes of Home and Away , Scarlett’s complicated past will not only catch up with her, but also demand to be dealt with in particularly intense ways. What’s ahead is not easy and will deliver a devastating shock to Scarlett, who has pushed the reality of the trauma of recent years, in the wake…

Hamish will be forced to play on Tyler’s jealous streak to make his deception work. He will do anything to get what he wants even if it means breaking up one of the most devoted couples on Ramsay Street — Tyler and Piper. Hamish is desperate to get an unassuming Tyler involved in his devious scheme and the only way to do that is to drive a wedge between the mechanic and his high school student girlfriend. So far Hamish (Sean Taylor) has successfully created a rift between Tyler (Travis Burns) and his brothers, particularly Mark (Scott McGregor) who has been a role model to Tyler all his life. With things definitely now icy between Tyler and Mark, Hamish has just one relationship left to destroy. And destroy it he…