Teena Raffa – författare

Elinor Andersen is an ultra-conservative bank officer looking for a lifetime commitment. Fisherman Africa Brown is a sexual predator keen to add another notch to the bedpost. When Elinor loses her job and agrees to help out at the historic local hotel where he lives in between fishing trips, their common cause to save the building from a developer reveals another side to the obnoxious ruffian.To Elinor's dismay she falls in love with this Mr Very Wrong. Dare she heed her misbehaving heat and take a chance – or listen to her head and settle for the security her ex-fiance is offering?

Five couples find love where they are least expecting it in this lighthearted collection of romantic short stories full of warm, touching and funny moments.A new neighbour tests a romance writer's conviction that real love doesn't exist. A different bride takes to the catwalk. A blind date dilemma is solved. Running away from heartache turns out to be a destination to forever love. A loveable Labrador plays cupid to a couple who thought they were past love's use by date. Love is at the heart of these stories of taking a chance at romance.

A cancelled wedding. A besotted ex-fiance. An undeserved hate campaign. The best thing Christa can do is leave town and try to reclaim her life far from home where no one knows her.Enigmatic taxi driver Reece appoints himself Christa's protector and within days she's left Australia and is planning a new future on the other side of the world in bustling Glasgow.Reece's sudden arrival at the same hotel sets off alarm bells. Has she swapped the unwanted attention of one love-struck man for another? Or was her true destination a forever love?Only Christa's heart knows the answer…