Missie and Wille LaHaye are on their way to the west. The couple become rugged pioneers as they face all kinds of hardships, including death. Missie fights homesickness, boredom, and being pushed to the limit. Can her faith help her through?

Two years after the death of her husband, Missie heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again, Missie adopts Belinda, a feisty young teenager who's arrived with a secret. As Missie struggles with raising Belinda, she finds she is falling for the local sheriff who might be the only man who can help her save Belinda...and herself.

Jack and Elizabeth leave Hope Vally and ruch back to the city of Hamilton when they learn that Jack's brother, Tom, was involved in a car accident...with Elizabeth's sister Julie! But Tom and Julie are hiding something about the incident, a deceit that puts Jack and Elizabeth at odds with their families...and with each other. Their trip is further complicated when Tom and Julie try to run off together - on a train this time - and Jack is offered a...

Young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher takes a special interest in one of her students who has been selectively mute since her father passed away in a mine explosion.

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs to join her.

Young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher trades high society life for a classroom on the prairie, determined to prove she is brave enough to live on her own. When a group of miners comes to Coal Valley to reopen the mine, the town's women get caught up in the prospect of new single men. One of the miners, Billy Hamilton, takes a special interest in Elizabeth and asks her to the commemorative dance. Elizabeth is smitten, igniting Jack's jealousy and triggering...

When the kids form a baseball team, Elizabeth helps a boy come to terms with an old injury; when Robert lies about an encounter with a bear and becomes a town hero, Elizabeth tries to get him to tell the truth.

It is a very eventful time in Hope Valley. Starting with a hopeful Christmas, Elizabeth is finally reunited with Jack to celebrate a very special Christmas. Eventually, they plan and have the wedding of their dreams, much to the delight of the town. However, life is not a fairy tale, and soon Jack is called away on Mounties duties. Elizabeth continues to work with her students as Abigail rallies the town to assistance as the town bank fails.

When Elizabeth volunteers to look after a neighbor's rural homestead and his two children, it proves to be a bigger undertaking than she'd imagined until Jack lends a hand. Hope Valley gets some big-town visitors when Bill Avery's investigation of a counterfeiting ring leads him to town and Elizabeth's former suitor shows up in her schoolhouse.

The residents of Hope Valley are ready to overcome any obstacles that come their way. When school supplies run low, Elizabeth works with her students to create a carnival to raise funds. However, there are more challenges in store for Elizabeth when she is betrayed and her beloved job as a teacher is in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Jack, Frank and Bill must face off against escaped criminals. There are certainly no dull moments in Hope Valley.