Though I’m not totally sure why I did it.  Call me a glutton for punishment.  I just can’t help watching a Nora book-into-movie.  The thing is I thought LeAnne Rimes stunk.  She is pretty enough, but the acting wasn’t that great.  And frankly, I kept waiting for her to break into song.  But the hero is cute and I like the story well enough.  Too bad someone besides these B rated stars won’t agree to take less money and REALLY bring the characters to life.  Oh, well.  Here’s to hoping the next ones are better…and that there will be more!

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While I’m still not a huge fan of Melissa Gilbert, I did enjoy watching the movie again.  It is in no way better than the book.  But it’s a nice visualization for the book.

I’m wondering if anyone else has a hard time seeing anyone else in some of these roles after you get a picture of the character in your head.  It drives me crazy, but it happens with all books turned to movies.

The third Lifetime movie in the 2009 Nora Roberts collection is High Noon featuring Emile DeRaven! You’re going to want to watch this preview and set the DVR!

Don’t forget to set the TIVO if you aren’t going to be home this Saturday, April 4, 2009, so you won’t miss Nora Roberts’ High Noon on Lifetime TV!

Here’s the press release they sent:

In the Nora Roberts movie “High Noon,” expert hostage negotiator Lieutenant Phoebe McNamara (Emilie DeRavin ) juggles her high-pressure career with the demands of raising her young daughter and contending with her agoraphobic mother, Essie (Cybill Shepherd). When Phoebe meets handsome bar owner Duncan Swift (Ivan Sergei ), he can’t resist her take-charge attitude and attempts to earn her affections. Though she tries to resist his charms, Phoebe soon realizes no amount of negotiation will keep Duncan at arm’s length. Starting with being assaulted by an unknown assailant in her precinct, she later receives a series of mysterious and threatening messages, and soon discovers she is the target of a psychopathic killer out to destroy her personally and professionally.

Don’t forget that tonight is the next installment of the 2009 Nora Roberts Movie Collection! Watch “Midnight Bayou” tonight, Saturday, March 28th at 9pm starring Jerry O’Connell, Lauren Stamile, and Faye Dunaway!

Here’s the promo they forwarded:

In the Nora Roberts movie “Midnight Bayou,” Harvard-educated lawyer Declan Fitzpatrick impulsively gives up his settled life to buy Manet Hall, a newly restored plantation manor near New Orleans to which he has always found himself drawn. Legend has it that the house is haunted, and shortly after Declan moves in he starts hearing voices and seeing things. Declan is also distracted by an undeniable attraction to Cajun local Lena Simone, who grew up on the bayou with her grandmother Odette and has her own deep connection to the manor. Living in the house, Declan begins to have visions from a century past and details of events that took place in the mansion. With the help of Odette, Declan and Lena realize that they are inextricably linked with Manet Hall and uncover a shocking secret that has been hidden there for more than 100 years.

Here’s the second Lifetime movie preview, Midnight Bayou!