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  • Virgin River star Benjamin Hollingsworth plays a pastor who helps a woman rediscover her faith in new Hallmark romance

    Virgin River star Benjamin Hollingsworth plays a pastor who helps a woman rediscover her faith in new Hallmark romance

    Virgin River star Benjamin Hollingsworth will headline the new Hallmark romance An Easter Bloom alongside Aimee Teagarden. The film, which will premiere as part of the network’s Spring Into Love lineup, also stars Robyn Bradley, Frances Flanagan, and Drew Henderson.

    “Winning a flower competition could mean saving everything Amanda (Aimee Teegarden) holds dear, but can Pastor Derrick (Benjamin Hollingsworth) show her that having a little faith could be the key? Find out Saturday in the all-new original DaySpring movie, ‘An Easter Bloom,’” reads a post promoting the movie.

    New Hallmark romance

    In An Easter Bloom, Aimee Teagarden stars as Amanda, a gardener who teams up with a veteran florist to compete in an annual Easter flower arrangement competition.

    Her partner in the competition introduces Amanda to her son, Derrick (played by Benjamin Hollingsworth), who is the pastor of a local church. He helps renew her beliefs and find comfort in her faith during the Easter season while Amanda helps Derrick find the most authentic version of himself.

    About the cast

    Benjamin Hollingsworth stars as Dan Brady in the hit Netflix series Virgin River. He has also appeared on the TV shows Code Black, Backstrom, Suits, CSI: Miami, and Joe Pickett, and Nancy Drew. Hollingsworth has starred in the Hallmark movies Signed, Sealed, Delivered (2013), Lucky in Love (2014), A Wish Come True (2015), Love Under the Olive Tree (2020), A Splash of Love (2022) Romance in Style (2022), and The Santa Summit (2023).

    Aimee Teagarden

    Aimee Teagarden played Julie Taylor on the award-winning NBC TV series Friday Night Lights. She has also appeared in the TV shows Hannah Montana, 90210, CSI: Miami, Aim High, Star-Crossed, and Notorious.

    She made her Hallmark debut in the 2018 movie Once Upon a Christmas Miracle. She also starred in My Christmas Family Tree (2021), Autumn in the City (2022), Christmas Class Reunion (2022), and Heart of the Matter (2022).

    In 2022, Teagarden signed an exclusive multi-picture deal with Hallmark Media.

    “I’m so excited and grateful for this partnership with @Hallmark and can’t wait to keep telling stories from the ❤️,” she wrote in an Instagram post.

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  • Virgin River star Mark Ghanimé headlines new Hallmark Christmas movie To All a Good Night

    Virgin River star Mark Ghanimé headlines new Hallmark Christmas movie To All a Good Night

    Virgin River star Mark Ghanimé will join Kimberley Sustad in the new Hallmark Christmas movie To All a Good Night. The drama will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries as part of the network’s Miracles of Christmas lineup.leo.

    Hallmark Christmas movie

    In To All a Good Night, Mark Ghanimé stars as Sam, an Army veteran taking a road trip on his motorcycle. When he skids off the road and crashes into the woods, a local photographer named Ceci (Kimberley Sustad) comes to his aid. When she later discovers Sam works for a developer, she suspects he is in town to purchase her family’s land.

    Ceci is still reeling from the loss of her father and is determined to hold on to his land. As Sam recovers from his injuries in the hospital, he tries to find out the name of his Good Samaritan but Ceci makes her friends swear to keep her identity a secret. Sam eventually figures out who she is and the two begin to spend time together.

    Virgin River star Colin Lawrence will appear in the new Hallmark movie Napa Ever After. (Image: Hallmark Media)
    (Image: Hallmark Media)

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    About the cast

    Mark Ghanimé stars on the hit Netflix series Virgin River as Dr. Cameron Hayek. He also played Major Sergio Balleseros on the Syfy series Helix. Ghanimé has appeared in the TV shows Reign, iZombie, Wynonna Earp, The Detectives, and The Bold Type. He has starred in the movies Christmas With a View (2018), Always and Forever Christmas (2019), Twinkle All the Way (2019), Candy Cane Christmas (2020), Listen Out For Love (2022), Christmas In Big Sky Country (2023).

    Kimberley Sustad

    Kimberley Sustad starred in the TV shows Alcatraz, Primeval New World, Motive, and Continuum. She appeared in the Hallmark series The Gourmet Detective, Morning Show Mysteries, Signed, Sealed, Delivered, and Chesapeake Shores. She has starred in the Hallmark movies The Nine Lives of Christmas (2014), All Things Valentine (2016), Hearts of Christmas (2016), Walking the Dog (2017), Cooking With Love (2018), A Christmas Coincidence (2018), Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen (2019), Wedding Every Weekend (2020), Christmas by Starlight (2020), Spotlight on Christmas (2020), The Nine Kittens of Christmas (2021), North to Home (2022), Lights, Camera, Christmas (2022), Three Wise Men and a Baby (2023), Fourth Down and Love (2023),

    To All a Good Night will premiere on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries on Thursday, December 7 at 8/7c.

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  • Virgin River star Colin Lawrence appearing in new Hallmark movie

    Virgin River star Colin Lawrence appearing in new Hallmark movie

    Virgin River star Colin Lawrence will headline the new Hallmark movie Napa Ever After. Set among the vineyards of Napa Valley, the movie is a romance that stars Denise Boutté as a woman who inherits a family vineyard. Part of the Mahogany series, the movie will premiere this weekend as part of Hallmark Channel’s Summer Nights lineup.

    “Happily ever after could appear in the most unexpected of places—like a vineyard needing some rejuvenation!” reads a tagline for the movie on Hallmark Channel’s Facebook page. “Denise Boutté and Colin Lawrence star in the all-new original movie Napa Ever After.”

    Virgin River star

    Colin Lawrence is known for his role as John “Preacher” Middleton on the hit series Virgin River. In an interview with Robyn Carr, the author of the books the show is based on, Lawrence said he and Preacher both share a love of cooking.

    “I’m a big, big, big chef type of foodie type of guy,” he said. “That’s my thing.”

    His wife, Lucia Walters, joined the cast of Virgin River in Season 3 and became his onscreen love interest in Season 4.

    New Hallmark movie

    In Napa Ever After, Boutté stars as Cassandra, a high-powered attorney who lives in the city. When her estranged grandmother passes away, Cassandra is surprised to find out she has inherited the family’s vineyard in Napa Valley.

    Cards from the Hallmark Mahogany brand.

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    Once an award-winning winery and destination wedding venue, Eloi Vineyards is in disrepair and on the brink of bankruptcy. Cassandra takes a sabbatical from work to renovate the property, which has been the source of a lot of tension in her family.

    Despite her plans to get the business up and running and then return to her life in the city, Cassandra finds herself charmed by the beautiful property, and by the handsome widower (played by Colin Lawrence) who helps her with the work.

    According to a synopsis from Hallmark, “Cassandra sets out to reclaim her family legacy by reviving the vineyard in time for her dear friend Lena (Tiffany Yvonne Cox…) to have the first wedding there in years. Through the process, Cassandra discovers more about her family and opens her heart to a love like she’s never known.”

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    About the cast

    A proud native of Louisiana, Denise Boutté was a successful advertising executive before she decided to pursue a career in Hollywood. She has starred in dozens of TV shows and movies, including Why Did I Get Married? Meet the Browns, Everybody Hates Chris, and Boston Legal.

    She has had parts in two different soap operas, appearing in Days of Our Lives as Danielle Calder and in The Young and the Restless as Imani Benedict.

    Colin Lawrence

    Colin Lawrence is well-known to Hallmark audiences. In addition to starring in the Christmas in Evergreen movie series, he has appeared in Mystery 101 with Jill Wagner and Kristoffer Polaha as well as the Morning Show Mysteries with Holly Robinson Peete.

    Napa Ever After will premiere on Hallmark Channel on Saturday, August 26 at 8/7c.

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