Selena Harper always thought she had the perfect job. But as she prepares for her latest shore-leave - and finds herself unexpectedly deserted by her newly-engaged best friend - she begins to wonder if life on the ocean wave really is her dream come true. Why is she the only one who isn't settling down?

Do you have enough romance in your life? Journalist Kirsty Bailey would have to answer no. She has a boyfriend. But then just as she's on the verge of settling for a swoon-free existence, Kirsty's magazine sends her to a majestic Venetian palazzo to attend the much gossiped-about Love Academy... Her undercover mission?

When Amber Pepper's boyfriend Hugh asks her to join him on a trip to the paradise islands of Tahiti she's not keen. However, the prospect of sipping Mai Tais with her friend Felicity is incentive enough to coax her on the 20-hour flight. For the first time Amber falls head over flip-flops in lust, only to receive an unexpected marriage proposal.

Kim Rees became a translator for the glamorous jet-set lifestyle. So, five years later, she's not quite sure how she ended up in a basement flat in Cardiff translating German computer games in her dressing gown. Fortunately, her mother has a plan to extract her from her marshmallowy rut: a trip to the magical isle of Capri.

Jamie and Izzy, friends for ever, have a dream: a spangly double wedding in Las Vegas. And, at twenty-seven, they decide they've had enough crap boyfriends and they're ready for crap husbands - all they have to do is find them. So where better than Las Vegas itself? But as time goes by, their groom-grabbing plan starts to look less than foolproof.

Latte-lover Ava Langston knows exactly what she wants: her very own cafe in a vintage arcade 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.

When Lara Richards jets off to glamorous California, the last thing she's expecting is to find her old friend Helen transformed from a clipboard-clasping frump into a shimmering surf goddess.

Belinda loves America. Her best friend Emily loves men. So when they decide it's time to shake up their lives, they combine their two greatest passions in a fantastic road trip taking them from Eden to Valentine - via Climax - in pursuit of the American Dream Guy. And is two women in search of the perfect man such a great idea anyway?