Cash-strapped Rosie and her boyfriend Mark

are city folk longing for a country cottage. Rampantly nouveaux-riches Samantha and Guy are also searching for rustic bliss - a mansion complete with mile-long drive and hot and cold running gardeners.

The village of Eight Mile Bottom

seems quiet enough, despite a nosy postman, a reclusive rock star, a glamorous Bond Girl and a ghost with a knife in its back. But there are unexpected thrills in the hills.

The local siren

seduces Guy while mysterious millionaire makes Rosie an offer she can''t refuse. But should she?