Carmen has been feeling the need to break free for Too Darn Long. So when her equally frustrated friend Beth suggests the ultimate escape - dancing their way through a series of scorchingly-hot countries - she can't resist!

There's just one catch... they can only go on this adventure if they participate in a reality TV show, one intent on teaching them the mournful tango in Argentina, the feisty flamenco in Spain and the sassy, celebratory salsa in Cuba!

As they travel from Buenos Aires to Seville and ultimately steamy Havana, each dance has a profound effect on the girls - and indeed the sexy gauchos, matadors and dirty dancers who partner them...

But, when the sun goes down, do they have what it takes to go beyond the steps and free their hearts for love?

Following ten years as a magazine journalist and travel editor, Belinda Jones began writing novels inspired by her adventures. Her first - DIVAS LAS VEGAS- was voted number two in the New Woman Bloody Good Read Awards while her personal love quest - ON THE ROAD TO MR RIGHT - became a Sunday Times top ten bestseller.

Belinda divides her time between Los Angeles, London and her boyfriend's ever-changing naval base. But one day she'd like to be in one place long enough to have a big fluffy dog.

LIVING LA VIDA LOCA is her eighth novel.