Hard to get

the long version

'Love will come through hope alone', or so a fortune-teller tells Charlotte at her future sister-in-law Zoe's hen night. But Charlotte's love life is utterly hopeless. She's decidedly single and unhappy about her ex-husband Richard working with her at the Arts Council, especially as he's dating her boss. When Charlotte and Richard's work trip to Yorkshire includes a visit to the Hope Foundation, Charlotte has to laugh - although she wonders if the spark between them really has been snuffed out. And what about devoted single dad Paul? And the dark, brooding Heath? Perhaps Charlotte has reason to hope after all ...