John Schneider and Sandra Brown

From the pages of Sandra Brown, the author of sixty-seven New York Times best sellers, comes the crackling suspense and fiery emotional drama “White Hot”, an original movie for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Sayre Hoyle (Shenae Grimes-Beech) returns to her hometown following the suspicious murder of her brother where she is forced to revisit the strained relationship with her father, Huff Hoyle (John Schneider). After meeting Beck Merchant (Sean Faris), her father’s lawyer, she uncovers a web of dark secrets, lies, cover ups and revenge plots – determined to prove her brother was murdered. John Schneider has a television series for every generation; from Bo on “The Dukes of Hazzard” in the 80s, to Jonathan Kent on “Smallville” and now Judge Jim Cryer in the smash Tyler Perry hit “The Haves and the Have Nots.” Over the last three decades, he’s also been in numerous movies for television and the big screen. John is also passionate about helping aspiring storytellers. He’s even started a film mentorship program at his studio. Sandra Brown is the author of sixty-seven New York Times bestsellers, including Mean Streak, Deadline, Low Pressure, Lethal, Rainwater, Tough Customer, Smash Cut, Smoke Screen, and Play Dirty. Writing professionally since 1981, Brown has published over seventy novels and has upwards of eighty million copies of her books in print worldwide. Television movies have been made of her novels French Silk, Smoke Screen, Ricochet and White Hot. Hallmark Movies & Mysteries is the television home for contemporary whodunits and suspenseful drama. The network is in the midst of a record breaking 1st quarter across all key demos in Total Day and Primetime, making it the fastest growing mid-sized cable network on television.