At the second wedding in a matter of months, Sophie James is seated next to the man she had a teenage crush on. A single, unattached man whom she is still very attracted to. When she returns to The Crossing to help her mother, she decides to take a chance on him. Robert Whitman has loved Sophie forever, but believing he is too old for her, turns away from love, concentrating on his political career. Sophie refuses to be set aside, stepping in to help him in his electoral campaign, and Robert sees she could be the perfect wife for him. But does Sophie believe his sudden protestations of love? Just when love is in the ascendant, a by-election is called, throwing Sophie's carefully laid plans into chaos. When Robert's political aspirations come under threat with a front-page scandal, Oxley Crossing rallies to help him weather the storm, but will Sophie stand by him? What if he loses the election? Will she still want him?