Louisa Atherton has just turned 50. She has a loving relationship with her daughter Holly, gets on well (most of the time) with her mother Minna, and having found a gold nuggett, now owns her own cottage. She has a caring group of friends, a job, and a place in her community at Rainbow’s End. And she has just about decided that her childhood mate, local mechanic Nick Pickering, might just be her Mr. Right. But when charming Tim Price takes over management of The Rainbow Echo and becomes Louisa’s boss, life, work and love become a little more complicated.