Beautiful Messy Love

For readers who love moving, epic romance in the manner of Nicholas Sparks.When football star Nick Harding hobbles into the Black Salt Cafe the morning after the night before, he is served by Anna, a waitress with haunted-looking eyes and no interest in footballers, famous or otherwise. Nick is instantly drawn to this exotic, intelligent girl. But a relationship between them risks shame for her conservative refugee family and backlash for Nick that could ruin his career.Meanwhile, Nick's sister, Lily, is struggling to finish her medical degree. When she meets Toby, it seems that for the first time she is following her heart, not the expectations of others. Yet what starts out as a passionate affair with a man who has just buried his wife slips quickly into dangerous dependency.Scarred by tragedy each in their own way, these warm, hopeful characters must face prejudice and heartbreak to learn just how much beautiful messy love can mean.About the AuthorTess Woods is a physiotherapist who lives in Perth, Australia, with one husband, two children, one dog and one cat who rules over all of them. Love At First Flight, first released as an eBook, has received worldwide critical acclaim, hit the bestseller charts in Australia and was voted Book of the Year in the AusRom Today Reader's Choice Awards 2015. Tess was also in the top ten Best New Author nominations.