If you’re looking for something new to watch – one can only watch Love Actually so many times, after all – you really need not look further than Virgin River.

That is to say, if you’re looking for a soothing, feel-good show set in a small country town, this is it: romance, escapism, cliffhangers – what’s not to like?

The book-to-TV adaptation of author Robyn Carr’s series of the same name debuted on Netflix earlier in December and has already amassed quite the following.

The show follows nurse practitioner Melinda Monroe, played by Alexandra Breckenridge (This Is Us and American Horror Story), after she moves to Virgin River, a tiny fictional town in northern California, for reasons mostly unknown.

Throughout the first season, her traumatic past begins to reveal itself as she grows closer to many of the town folk, including handsome former marine-cum-bar owner Jack (Martin Henderson).

Virgin River is the feel-good holiday watch you didn’t know you needed