Ruthie Midona works at Providence Luxury Retirement Villa, spending her days acquiescing to the (often strange) requests and demands from her senior patrons, while also doing her best to preserve the endangered tortoise population that lives in the gardens. Somewhere along the way, however, Ruthie forgot that she was young. In comes Teddy Prescott, the tattooed, screw-up son to the owner of Providence. After bouncing from place to place, and refusing to grow up and Be Serious, Teddy has no choice but to take a job at Providence to prove to his father once and for all that he can make his own decisions. Living side-by-side in the on-site cottages, Ruthie and Teddy are forced into each other’s lives. Of course, the pair couldn’t be any more different. Ruthie is practical, grounded, responsible. And Teddy is… well, Teddy. When two of the villa’s most eccentric residents demand a new personal assistant, Ruthie thinks it’s a surefire way to get Teddy out of her life for good. After all, none of the others have been able to stomach working for the aging menaces for more than a week. But Teddy surprises her, in more ways than one, and it seems that opposites may actually attract. Tasked with increasingly outrageous demands, Teddy manages to charm not only his bizarre employers, but the whole Villa. And Ruthie might not be entirely immune to that charm. Filled with tingling romance, a good serving of sweetness, and Sally Thorne’s trademark humour, Second First Impressions is a swoon-worthy romance that rivals even The Hating Game. A retirement village has never been so fun. Five stars!