Just as Virgin River fans can finally get excited about season 6 going into production, there’s further good news on the horizon for the Netflix series, as a brand new prequel series has now been announced.

While the main Virgin River series has focused on Mel (Alexandra Breckenridge) and Jack (Martin Henderson), the yet-to-be-named spin-off series will center on the love story between Mel’s parents.

Fans of the series will know that in the most recent holiday episodes, which aired late last year, Mel was surprised to learn that her roots in the idyllic Northern California town actually run a lot deeper than she first imagined. The episode reveals that her biological father is actually a man named Everett.

Well, it looks as surprised though fans will be getting an inside look into Mel’s late mother, Sarah, and Everett’s love story in the prequel.

According to Deadline, casting is currently underway for young actors to play Sarah and Everett in season 6 flashback scenes, but the actors will also then be helming a series of their own which is “being written in the development stage” by Virgin River showrunner Patrick Sean Smith.