Zoe Shackleton – författare

What makes relatively sane, gorgeous, intelligent people decide to put their personal lives on TV and sign up to be on the hottest Reality TV dating show?

This collection of behind-the-scenes short stories takes you into the hearts and minds of Kate, Taylor, Beth, and Shania and many more of the cast of characters from the hottest new Reality TV show in the world of fiction - The Rose.

Discover their inner motivations, deepest darkest fears, and how they ended up being cast in the next season of The Rose - A Reality TV Romance.

And answer these burning questions for yourself...

Why do people do it?

And would you?

Welcome to The Rose, where TV love can become reality.

With a sister like Casey''s, who needs a dating service? No one else would drop her into the hottest reality TV romance show, vying with twenty-four other women for one man''s attention.

That man - pilot to the stars, self-confessed foodie and rugby aficionado, 33-year-old Taylor Montgomery.

And Casey isn''t your average reality TV contestant. She''s a headstrong project engineer who earns a living in steel-toed boots and high-visibility work wear; she doesn''t do heels and handbags. So, will being who she really is, be her downfall in trying to catch Taylor''s attention? Or her inability to get vulnerable?

Maybe just, maybe, she''s exactly the kind of woman Taylor''s looking for.

If Casey can manage to stomach the cameras and the isolation long enough to make an impression, she might be in with a chance at realising her dreams of a future filled with love.

Is it possible to fall in love for real on a TV show?