Erin Krakow and Robert Buckley find true love through a book club in the new Hallmark movie Blind Date Book Club.
Krakow plays a bookstore owner and Buckley an author in the romantic comedy, which will air as part of Hallmark’s Spring Into Love lineup.
“Your heart can be a real page-turner,” reads the movie’s tagline.
In an Instagram post to promote the film, Krakow shared a behind-the-scenes photo of herself, Buckley, and Robert Benson.
“How excited are you to see #BlindDateBookClub?” she wrote in the caption. “A) @peterbenson889 with a soft smile B) @robertearlbuckley with a joyful smile or C) @erinkrakow with a smile like she’s about to eat more onion rings.”
New Hallmark movie
In the new Hallmark movie Blind Date Book Club, Krakow plays Meg Tompkins, a woman who inherited her mother’s book store. She introduces a “Blind Date Book Club,” in which readers choose a mystery book and then come together to discuss it. When local author Graham Sterling sees her interview with a local TV station, he decides he wants her readers to review his new manuscript.
Though Meg is skeptical, she agrees. As the two spend time together, they develop feelings for each other.
About the cast
Erin Krakow studied acting at the prestigious Julliard School in New York City. She played Army Specialist Tanya Gabriel in the television series Army Wives before being cast on the hit Hallmark series When Calls the Heart in 2014.
She has appeared in the movies A Cooke Cutter Christmas (2014), Finding Father Christmas (2016), Engaging Father Christmas (2017), Marrying Father Christmas (2018), A Summer Romance (2019), Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen (2019), It Was Always You (2021), and The Wedding Cottage (2023).
Robert Buckley
A native of California, Robert Buckley earned a degree in economics from the University of California, San Diego. After graduating in 2003, he began working as a financial consultant before deciding he wanted to pursue acting.
After appearing in a horror film and guest starring on several TV shows, Buckley joined the cast of the CW’s hit series One Tree Hill. He went on to play Captain Lilywhite in iZombie and Peter in Hart of Dixie.
He joined the cast of the Hallmark series Chesapeake Shores in its fifth season. His character, Evan Kincaid, was brought in as a possible love interest for Abby (played by Meghan Ory). Evan Kincaid was a brilliant but eccentric billionaire, who hired the O’Brien family to help him with local business interests. Though Abby complained about him at first, she began to soften toward him when she realized he was lonely.
In a Season 5 cliffhanger, Abby chose Evan over schoolteacher Jay Ross (played by Greyston Holt). Their romance unfolded in Season 6, which ended up being the last for the series.
Buckley grew close to the cast during filming. When Treat Williams was killed in an accident in 2023, Buckley posted a tribute to him on Instagram.
“Treat was a special guy,” he wrote. “He had a big smile, even bigger heart and he loved to laugh. He was a joy to be around. I’m grateful for the time we spent together and that I was able to call him a friend. He will be greatly missed.”
Buckley has also appeared in the movies The Christmas Contract (2018), Love in Store (2020), The Christmas House (2020), and The Christmas House 2: Deck Those Halls (2021).
