SYNOPSIS: Latte-lover Ava Langston knows exactly what she wants: her very own vintage café in Bath and a life free of complicated relationships. But her plans go awry when her long-distance Dad phones insisting she hop on the next plane to Costa Rica to meet his brand new wife. Ava is about to give his finger-snapping request a simple ‘hell no’ when he offers her head honcho status at his new beachfront café…

The lure of frothing cappuccinos in a land where the coffee beans grow proves irresistible. But she hasn’t planned on Santiago, her sexy-yet-stubborn business rival, or rugged Ryan whose idea of romance is swinging through the rainforest canopy at 6am. Both men give her butterflies but only one will capture her heart…

THEMES: Father-Daughter Relationships, Ambition, Competition and Jungle Fever

LOCATIONS: Bath, UK + Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica

OPENING LINES: Yesterday my father married a woman I’ve never met. Today he tells me he wants us to meet. Why now? I want to ask. My approval is hardly mandatory or he would’ve introduced us before he made a big firework display of his feelings. Of course divorced parents marry people their children despise all the time, but generally offspring are given the opportunity to become consumed with resentment and loathing before the grown-ups say ‘I do’. That’s just basic etiquette.

BELINDA SAYS: Amid the sweltering wildlife-filled jungles of Costa Rica, my pal James and I decided to try the local volcanic clay face mask. We lay down to relax and promptly fell asleep for 3 hours. Come dinnertime both of our faces were stained tango-orange. I covered up with make-up. James pretended he’d caught the sun – even though it had been raining all day. The next day I nearly wrenched my arm out of its socket when we were zip-lining but my biggest regret is that I didn’t drink coffee at the time and thus missed out on some of the world’s best java!