Kevin McGarry is hard at work on When Calls the Heart Season 13, but in between seasons, he took a break from the early 20th century to explore the great city of Rome in Hallmark’s new movie, Villa Amore. Naturally, McGarry is playing the romantic lead, this time opposite Eloise Mumford, whose character spontaneously buys the Italian villa where her parents met.

When Liara finds herself in over her head with the repairs, she turns to Leo, a handsome lawyer-turned-handyman. Ahead of the film’s June 21 premiere, McGarry opened up to Swooon about his newest Hallmark role.