Two young lovers follow their dreams against all odds.
Germano, a handsome, talented Italian chef is determined to open a restaurant in the ecological paradise of Costa Rica. Jane, an educated, beautiful English girl hopes to help him with a small inheritance from her grandfather.
Flying to Central America they search the Pacific coast to buy land in the remote region of Nosara. After many setbacks they construct their restaurant, overcoming no water, no electricity, no shops, no doctors. It becomes a great success patronised by famous Hollywood stars and big-game fishermen. Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, and Robin Williams are among their customers. These three stars, at the height of their fame are charming people, which is more than can be said of Woody Harrelson with his uncouth manners and unsociable behaviour, causing him to be banned from ‘La Dolce Vita’. Clearing jungle scrubland Jane creates an ecological paradise of flowering shrubs, shady bougainvillea arches and hundreds of trees that become home to many exotic birds and unusual wildlife.
A weedy Italian Communist criminal, who is a sinister paedophile, meets a just and terrible end as he is swallowed slowly by an enormous anaconda. Stingrays and sharks are a hazard, tarantulas, scorpions and deadly snakes lurk in the undergrowth.
Will the isolation of the jungle destroy them? Will the decadent ex-pats corrupt their innocence? Will true love conquer all?

ISBN 9780953905645. Paperback 267 pages.