Promise...

"In her heart, Kathryn knew this was the place she was meant to be. And she couldn’t wait to prove it to her father, herself, and anyone else who might doubt it."

All her life, Kathryn has known she didn't belong in the city where she was raised.  So when she is offered a teaching position in the small, frontier town of Promise, in the Dakota Territory, she doesn't hesitate to accept.  When she arrives, she knows she's found the place she belongs.

However, she is faced with many obstacles as she proves to her family, and herself, that she is cut out for life out here.  The biggest problem she comes up against is in the form of a man who is determined to prove she won't make it until snowfall.

"Miss Kathryn Reeves wouldn’t be here come the winter. 
He guaranteed it."

Colt Hammond has no desire to deal with another spoiled city girl who thinks living on the frontier will be a fun little adventure.  He did that once, and he won't make that mistake ever again.

Just because she's living on his property, and teaching at the little schoolhouse where his children will be going, doesn't mean he has time to look after her until she's ready to admit defeat and head back home.

What neither of them counts on though, is how strong the promise of love can be between two people who are destined to be together.

Phoebe makes a promise to her dying mother to take care of her younger sister Grace, no matter what.

Even if that means travelling hundreds of miles across the country in a wagon train bound for Oregon.

Phoebe suspects the uncle who is now their guardian had a hand in their father's death, and she knows she must get Grace away from his evil clutches before it's too late.

Colton Wallace has been hired to lead a wagon train and doesn't have time to deal with anyone who isn't prepared for the trip. When a young boy shows up with his younger sister in tow, he knows immediately it's a woman standing before him. She says she's the sister of his closest friend, and she needs his help to get to Oregon where her brother will catch up with them. Two young women alone on a wagon train is too tempting to anyone who might take advantage of them, so he agrees to take them only as long as Phoebe continues her charade of being a man.

As the miles roll away under the wheels of the wagons, Phoebe realizes the dark-haired man who'd appeared so gruff when they met, now always seems to be there to help when she needs him.

They will face many miles together, enduring serious hardships that will test not only their strength, but the love that begins to develop between them along the way.

It was his job...

Luke Hamilton has spent years drifting around the country, but after being hired as the new sheriff in Bethany, Oregon, he is finally ready to put down some roots. He’s not prepared however for his first big job to come in the form of a woman who is being accused of murdering her husband.

It was her life...

Sylvia is determined to prove her innocence, but it won’t be easy when she’s behind bars and no one believes her.

Can she convince Luke to help her? And, what will happen when he is forced to choose between following the law or following his heart?

Guilty or innocent, lives will forever be changed.

Left in the care of her vindictive stepmother after the death of her father, Hope is shocked to find out the debt he’s left them in.

However, that’s nothing compared to the horror she feels when she finds out how her stepmother intends to pay off that debt without losing any of her luxuries. With a little brother who has been deaf since birth, Hope has no choice but to go along with it to protect him.

Logan Wallace has travelled to Sacramento to purchase the cattle he needs to start his own herd, only to be greeted by a pickpocket shortly after he arrives. Chasing the thief, he’s led into the slums of the town where he’s shocked to see some kind of human auction happening.

When his eyes meet the terrified brown ones staring back at him from the wooden platform, he knows he can’t walk away and leave her there to the fate of the men who are bidding.

Putting up the money he was supposed to use to purchase a prized mare for his sister Ella, he steps in to help. But when he wins the auction and tries to let the girl have her freedom, he’s shocked to find out that her honor won’t allow her to walk away until she’s paid him back in full.

So now what is he supposed to do with her?

She has loved him since she was nothing more than a spindly little girl…

Grace stayed behind in Bethany, Oregon to eventually become the town's schoolteacher. And now that she's all grown up, her heart aches for the love of a family - one that she doesn't believe she'll ever find...until he comes home.

But Connor is not the same young man he was when he left home all those years ago.

He thought she was nothing more than an annoying little girl…

Connor left to find his calling and an adventure along the way. What he found instead was a pain so deep, that no one but God can heal it.

Finally back in town after years away, Connor knows his scars will keep Grace at a distance. Or at least, they should. He isn’t the man she thinks he is. No matter how much he wants to be. Not with his scars, and certainly not with the guilt and shame he still carries over that day.

But when two children need Grace’s love, will Connor step up and help like the man Grace believes he is? Or will he let someone else be the man in her life?

Can the schoolteacher and the blacksmith find a way to finally be together?

Ella has always been determined and headstrong, vowing only to marry for love. At her age, it seems like her chances of that happening have slipped away.

When she is left the title to half of a neighboring farm, she sees the opportunity to have her independence, and not become a burden to her family. The only problem is that there are stipulations, one being the fact that she has to work alongside the man who’s been left the other half of that farm.

Titus Cain has his own demons to face, and taking over a farm in Oregon with a woman isn’t in his plans.

To make matters worse, someone else has their eye on the land, and they’ve already proven they’re willing to kill whoever gets in their way to get it.

What will happen when two people are forced to join together to save a farm, and risk their lives to find who killed the man they both loved? Can a young woman live on a farm with a man who isn’t her husband, without ruining her reputation, even if it is for all the right reasons?

Ella & Titus must fight together against the circumstances trying to tear them apart.

Can a marriage in name only bring a second chance at love?

After losing her husband on the Oregon Trail, Audrey is being forced to go back home and marry a man her father has chosen. Still grieving her husband, and not wanting to leave her new home in Oregon, she makes the decision to marry a man who needs her help looking after his daughter - a marriage he has said will be in name only.

Reid Wallace lost his wife during childbirth and has been raising his two-year-old daughter alone. His heart died with his wife, and he has vowed to never love again.

When Audrey’s father learns of her remarrying, he sets out to have the marriage annulled and take her back to a man she doesn’t even know.

Illness, insecurity, and guilt abound as their hearts struggle with the new feelings Audrey and Reid are uncovering.

Will they be able to overcome everything that seems to be working to destroy the future they are building together? And can they help each other heal the pain in their hearts, while finding a way to love again?