Lifetime is adapting Eric Jerome Dickey ’s Friends and Lovers as a two-part movie event, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Eric Jerome Dickey’s Friends and Lovers will serve as a centerpiece of the cable channel’s November “Love of a Lifetime” slate.

Eric Jerome Dickey’s Friends and Lovers will star Naturi Naughton, Simone Missick, Kendrick Sampson and RonReaco Lee. Part one will premiere on Nov. 15 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Lifetime ; the second part will air at the same time the following night.

Eric Jerome Dickey’s Friends and Lovers is “a contemporary romantic drama exploring how friendship, passion, and forgiveness collide,” the synopsis reads. “The story follows two best friends, Debra (Naughton), a Type A doctor, and Shelby (Missick), a free-spirited rule breaker, as th

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