A strong-willed teacher who has foregone the life of the big city, Elizabeth Thatcher (Krakow) has made the small frontier town of Hope Valley her home with no small help from a handsome Mountie named Jack. But life on the frontier can hand you many tough turns, and so it is for Jack and Elizabeth as they face pressures put upon them by family, rivals, lawless criminals and even catastrophic natural disasters in their quest to find their place in this remote and rugged land.