‘Love’ Story

With casting completed on “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted By Love,” audiences can look ahead to an August premiere date.

Lifetime has completed casting on the previously untitled Terry McMillan Presents film, starring and executive produced by Garcelle Beauvais (“Black Girl Missing,” “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” “Coming to America”) as part of her extended relationship with the network. 

The new original movie, “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted By Love,” will also star Vaughn W. Hebron (“The Game” reboot, “King Richard,” “Tyler Perry’s The Oval”), who serves as co-producer, and Donna Biscoe (“The Supremes at Big Earl’s Cafe,” “Reasonable Doubt,” “Saints and Sinners”). Lela Rochon (“Any Given Sunday,” “The Family Business: New Orleans”) and Emmy Award-winner Loretta Devine, (“P-Valley,” “Family Reunion”) who both previously starred in “Waiting to Exhale,” which was adapted from a McMillan novel. 

The film is set to debut on Aug. 17. 

In “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love,” Ava (Beauvais), a world-class renowned chef living in Europe, rushes home to care for her elderly aunt (Biscoe) in South Carolina after she suffers from a fall. Picked up from the long flight by Luke (Hebron), a handsome driver 20 years her junior, the pair feel an unexpected, yet passionate, connection. With a mutual interest in food, family and fun, Ava and Luke are the perfect recipe for love. Despite her feelings for him, Ava soon realizes that Luke still has so much to experience in life and she must decide what is best for her own career and relationships. 

McMillan is best known for her novels adapted into smash films, including “How Stella Got Her Groove Back.” Terry McMillan Presents movies focus on the love and lives of African American women. “Terry McMillan Presents: Tempted by Love” is executive produced by D’Angela Proctor for Undaunted Content in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment. Terry McMillan and Garcelle Beauvais executive produce. Richard Foster and Chet Fenster are executive producers for GroupM Motion Entertainment. Taliah Breon directs from a script written by Tamara T. Gregory.