Lifetime’s A Cowboy Christmas Romance has blown up the internet. It is the first cable Christmas movie with a sex scene. Well, OK, it’s not really a sex SCENE but the main couple definitely has sex. It’s a spicy, spicy Christmas movie!

Lexie (Jana Kramer) is a real estate agent who is good at closing sales. She lands a job back in her Arizona hometown convincing the cowboy next door to sell his ranch to a developer. But coming home also opens up some deep family drama that has been stewing for over a decade.

First things first - If you are looking for a Christmassy Christmas movie, this isn’t it. There are a few mentions of the holiday but it doesn’t mean anything to the plot. Now, talking about the plot. This was actually a really good movie. It was written by Sarah Drew, who we have seen in some Christmas movies before. All of the characters felt like real people doing real things and saying things that real people say. That is a rarity for a Christmas movie. And most of these people already had relationships with each other before the movie started so we didn’t need to try to figure out why the woman suddenly fell in love with a man she just met. These are people that have been apart for a long time due to past traumas and are now reconnecting. It made for a really good story.

Rating: Ride this cowboy