Neighbours' Kate up for romance?

Neighbours' Kate Ramsay is rumoured to be set for a summer of love with Kyle Canning.

The unlucky-in-love bar manager, who is played by Ashleigh Brewer, puckers up for a kiss with the hunky handyman (Chris Milligan) - but luckily for her best friend and Kyle's girlfriend Jade (Gemma Pranita), the scenes are only in Kate's imagination.

Show producers are quick to point out that the cosy get together may be a 'dream' come true for someone - and a nightmare for another, according to the soap's Channel 5 website.

However, Kate still manages to stir things up by winning a date with Kyle at a charity auction.

"When Kate bid for a date with Kyle, it was very much an impulse buy. Now she begins to think this could actually be a door opening for her," Ashleigh told Australian magazine TV Week.

"It's an opportunity to sit down with Kyle and say, 'This is how I feel'. She's really ready to tell him everything," the actress added.

Romance is also on the cards for Summer Hoyland (Jordy Lucas), who gets to lock lips with Red Cotton's lead singer Griffin, and Paul Robinson (Stefan Dennis) with his PR consultant Zoe Alexander (Simmone Mackinnon).

And charismatic doctor Rhys Lawson (Ben Barber) makes a house call that Vanessa Villante (Alin Sumarwata) won't forget in a while.