Rimes and Cibrian star in Lifetime's 'Northern Lights' March 21

By April MacIntyre Mar 19, 2009, 2:36 GMT

The Lifetime movie is about an attempt to start a new life and forget the recent traumatic death of his work partner, former Baltimore policeman Nate Burns (Cibrian) accepts the job of chief of police in the small, remote town of Lunacy, Alaska.

LeAnn Rimes, 26, was reported by Us Weekly to be havng an affair with Eddie Cibrian, her 35-year-old co-star in the upcoming Lifetime channel movie "Northern Lights."

Both are married to others.  Photos of Rimes and Cibrian holding hands and kissing while dining at Mosun and Club M in Laguna Beach were published.

Cibrian denied the story. "It is a fabricated story that is using random snapshots as connective tissue to create a scandalous relationship."    Rimes told Us Weekly that "there are some feeling" between Rimes and Cibrian, but said the situation is more complicated than that.

The Lifetime movie is about an attempt to start a new life and forget the recent traumatic death of his work partner, former Baltimore policeman Nate Burns (Cibrian) accepts the job of chief of police in the small, remote town of Lunacy, Alaska. 

Rosanna Arquette (R)

Nate is not looking for romance, but when meets Meg Galligan (Rimes), an independent bush pilot with her own demons, he finds himself falling in love.  The town is rocked when the body of Meg’s father, a man whom Meg believed had abandoned her and her mother Charlene (Rosanna Arquette) 16 years ago, turns up in a mountain cave. 

Nate quickly finds himself in the middle of a high-profile murder investigation and must use his big-city survival instincts to solve the mystery that threatens his new life and new love.

Mike Robe directed from a script written by Janet Brownell.