Wendy Corsi Staub Novel on TV

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The latest original movie from the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel will sound familiar to fans of Wendy Corsi Staub’s novels.

Staub’s novel Hello, It’s Me is the latest mystery novel to be picked up by the Hallmark channel.

Hello, It’s Me follows a young widow who believes she's experiencing a heavenly intervention when she meets a bachelor.

Annie and her children struggle with grief two years after her husband died. Andre was the love of Annie’s life, and the idea of being in love with anyone else is inconceivable to her. Then she meets James, a rich bachelor.

Almost against her will, Annie begins to fall in love with James, but she is afraid. Then she starts to receive messages from Andre encouraging her to follow her heart.

Kellie Martin stars as Annie and Kavan Smith is James.

Hello, It’s Me debuted on September 27 on the Hallmark channel, but is having frequent encores. See the “view all showtimes” tab on the web site.

Staub has written more than 80 novels. But Hello, It’s Me has personal meaning to Staub.

Hello, It’s Me was published a few weeks before her mother died and was the last novel of Staub’s that she read.

Her mother came to Staub’s hometown book signing “and sat in the front row as always, and I knew the moment I spotted her that she didn't have much time left,” said Staub in an email to Mystery Scene.

“The fact that it was that particular book, out of 80, that made it to the screen at last, and that it started shooting on what would have been such a sad milestone day—the 10th anniversary of my mom’s death—has made this whole thing an emotional experience,” Staub added.

Photo: Kellie Martin, Kavan Smith. Courtesy of Hallmark Movies & Mysteries.

Oline Cogdill
2015-09-29 23:15:00