An attractive widow was flooded with messages on a dating website after posting flesh-baring shots of herself wearing a scarlet swimsuit.
For two years 57-year-old Louise Leech had been signed up to three lonely hearts sites but her profile - which featured an image of her fully dressed - failed to attract many hits.
So in a final bid to find love a second time round, she purchased a £35 red Lycra swimsuit - a similar shade to the one famously worn by Helen Mirren aged 63 - and uploaded a photograph of herself wearing it on her profile.
She was surprised to discover that within two days she had received over 900 responses from would-be suitors.
The romantic fiction writer, of Dennistoun, Glasgow, is now sifting through the messages hopeful that she will score an eligible bachelor.
She said: 'Its overwhelming, I couldnt believe it.