After making her choice of Finn over her husband Gavin, Allie returns to Manchester to find that Gavin is making the most of his newfound single life. As she has been pushed out of Henshall Ferraday, Finn buys a new health and beauty spa for her to run, but Allie realises that her talents are better suited to running her own hairdressing salon. To complicate matters Finn's ex wife Mia sets out to win him back at all costs and Gavin enters into a relationship with Allie and Finn's daughter Ruby.