Fake dating seemed like the perfect solution...

When Beth McMasters moves into the over-55s Emerald Bay Lifestyle Village, she’s keen to make new friends and rediscover herself. She definitely doesn’t want a man to stifle her newly found independence, especially the village Lothario who won’t stop pursuing her.

Her widowed neighbour Alistair Campbell isn’t quite ready to move on from the memories of his wife – if only his best mate and the village matchmakers would stop trying to set him up. When he sees Beth’s predicament, a fake relationship seems like the perfect solution to both their problems. If they’re seen out and about together, surely everyone will back off? And then they can continue their single lives without a problem.

But it was never in the plan for things to start feeling real…