Let's face it. Now and again one simply loves a nice candle-lit snuggle on the sofa with a nice candle-lit ladyfriend. But the trouble is that one keeps running out of tea-lights, getting one's fingers burnt and generally handling naked flame, which is potentially damaging to one's health, sofa, and ladyfriend.

Now, at last, the solution. It's a lying candle. A complete fraud. A candle that thinks it's a candle but is in fact a flickering electric light at the base of a rather fetching ornamental glass candle-holder.

Now, don't be put off by this somewhat matter-of-fact assessment. For although at first glance it may appear a touch Vegas ad a smidgen Footballers Wivesy to you, here you must trust in the power of gadgetshop HQ to navigate a course to tastefulness.

Switch it on and we do promise you'll be rather impressed at its realistic look and feel. The warm glow is there. The soft haze is there. The gentle wafting warmth. All present and correct. Then, simply set it in a corner and let the ambient light do its ambient thing.

Then it's two steps to snuggling success: Step 1. Get a magic candle. Step 2. Get a ladyfriend.