Ruthie Midona has worked
the front desk at the Providence Luxury Retirement Villa for six years,
dedicating her entire adult life to caring for the Villa’s residents,
maintaining the property (with an assist from DIY YouTube tutorials),
and guarding the endangered tortoises that live in the Villa’s gardens.
Somewhere along the way, she’s forgotten that she’s young and beautiful,
and that there’s a world outside of work—until she meets the son of the
property developer who just acquired the retirement center.
Teddy
Prescott has spent the last few years partying, sleeping in late,
tattooing himself when bored, and generally not taking life too
seriously—something his father, who dreams of grooming Teddy into his
successor, can’t understand. When Teddy needs a place to crash, his
father seizes the chance to get him to grow up. He’ll let Teddy stay in
one of the on-site cottages at the retirement home, but only if he works
to earn his keep. Teddy agrees—he can change a few lightbulbs and clip
some hedges, no sweat. But Ruthie has plans for Teddy too.
Her
two wealthiest and most eccentric residents have just placed an ad (yet
another!) seeking a new personal assistant to torment. The women are
ninety-year-old, four-foot-tall menaces, and not one of their assistants
has lasted a full week. Offering up Teddy seems like a surefire way to
get rid of the tall, handsome, unnerving man who won’t stop getting
under her skin.
Ruthie doesn’t count on the fact that in Teddy
Prescott, the Biddies may have finally met their match. He’ll pick up
Chanel gowns from the dry cleaner and cut Big Macs into bite-sized bits.
He’ll do repairs around the property, make the residents laugh, and
charm the entire villa. He might even remind Ruthie what it’s like to be
young and fun again. But when she finds out Teddy’s father’s only
fixing up the retirement home to sell it, putting everything she cares
about in jeopardy, she’s left wondering if Teddy’s magic was all just a
façade.
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