I like Brooke D'Orsay and Kristoffer Polaha, both together and separately, and so it's not surprising that I liked this.
As is usual with the recent Hallmark movies, there are several more plotlines than just the romance. The hero, Jake (Polaha), left the hometown and his family to become a big action hero. The nephew and the brother both felt genuine. I liked the PA, too; he would make a much better agent for Jake. All of those characters were connected to Jake, though, and not to the heroine, Cassie. Even though D'Orsay has top billing, her character does not seem to have many interesting connection to the other characters, except for Jake. (She has a mother, but we barely see her until near the end of the movie.) This really is more Jake's story than Cassie's.
I agree with the others about the OTT Ace Hardware placement. Pair that with the Ace commercial breaks, and it's too much. Speaking of too much, did they really need the exclamation point in the title?
As is usual with the recent Hallmark movies, there are several more plotlines than just the romance. The hero, Jake (Polaha), left the hometown and his family to become a big action hero. The nephew and the brother both felt genuine. I liked the PA, too; he would make a much better agent for Jake. All of those characters were connected to Jake, though, and not to the heroine, Cassie. Even though D'Orsay has top billing, her character does not seem to have many interesting connection to the other characters, except for Jake. (She has a mother, but we barely see her until near the end of the movie.) This really is more Jake's story than Cassie's.
I agree with the others about the OTT Ace Hardware placement. Pair that with the Ace commercial breaks, and it's too much. Speaking of too much, did they really need the exclamation point in the title?