Introduction

What if one day someone turned up and offered you £500k? In this world it's not a lot.

What if there was a promotion to go along with it? What if it was the story of a life time when all you've written so far are traffic reports and heartwarming stories about lost dogs? Would you take it?

I did.

This is the story of how I got Lynn Gunn to fall in love with me for the sake of my career in journalism. And before you ask no, I don't regret hurting her.