No Matter What - Tapa dura

Level-headed English girl Amy, and Jake, an American adventurer who's not looking for commitment, are bound together in a bogus marriage. But Calvin, Jake's seedy cousin, is hell-bent on exposing their union as a sham and humiliating Jake - all so he can take over the management of the family firm. Will his vile plan succeed? And how will Amy fare when Jake takes her to the Venezuelan jungle where fear and suspicion abound? A series of unlikely coincidences throws Amy's life into a dangerous spin and Jake must get to the bottom of the mayhem before it's too late.

Wendy Kremer was born in a small village in Wales but now lives in Germany, having spent five years in Africa in between. She has held a wide variety of jobs, from working on Third World fishery projects to translation and teaching. Kremer has had her stories published in various magazines but No Matter What is her first novel for Robert Hale. She is married with two grown-up children.