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How could she ever marry if it wasn’t for true love? Although the belle of the season with several suitors all vying for her hand in marriage, Samantha is restless. Caught between her parents' expectations and her own desire to marry for love, Samantha finds solace caring for her family’s horses, her one true passion.

When Kitty Collins runs away from her complicated life in Gold Hill, Nevada, the last thing she's looking for is more complications. But complications are exactly what she finds, in the shape of two attractive cowboy suitors. There's more at stake than Kitty's heart, though. When Kitty runs to the cattle ranch where her sister Sarah and Sarah's new husband William live, she finds a ranch under siege from lawsuits brought by neighbors, drought, wildfires – and arson.

The people of Bear Creek are used to Montana’s harsh winters, but nothing could have prepared them for the winter of 1895, when the worst blizzard they have ever seen threatens to destroy the town. Ranch hand Peter Gibson has to work tirelessly to keep the cattle on the Jenkins’ ranch alive, but despite the blistering conditions, he has something else consuming his thoughts. Shirley Freda has been scarred by love in the past, but when Peter asks her to visit the ranch to have dinner with him and the Jenkins family, she can’t resist the allure of the handsome cowboy.

A traveling circus has found its way to Bear Creek, and with it, a wealth of interesting visitors has left the town buzzing with excitement. Danny Frederick is a writer and photographer following the circus. He’s determined to find fame through his work, and Bear Creek has more to offer him than simple reports of acrobats and exotic animals. His presence is met with a cocktail of suspicion and excitement, both amongst the Sioux and the townsfolk. His natural curiosity is usually his asset, but Bear Creek is not familiar with reporters or photography....

When Rose Blalock agrees to take her long-lost grandfather on a cross-country trip, she never dreamed he'd drag her to his childhood home at Carson Hill Ranch. The former foster child has a family she never knew about, one that lives, works, and loves together in a way that she could never let herself imagine as a child. Thanks to Mason Carn, her self-appointed tour guide to the ranch, Rose begins to understand the allure of cowboy life despite brushes with danger and conniving con men.

As the time draws near for the twice-yearly cattle drive, Mr. Carson is feeling his age. He wants to be there when his grandkids - all nine of them - experience the magic and the history of the drive for the first time. Emma Carson enlists her best friend to come from Houston to help wrangle the kids while their parents wrangle the herd. But from the moment Dee steps off the bus and comes face to face with a vision from her dark past, trouble begins.

Gracie Billings is at odds with her life on Carson Hill Ranch. Having shown up with her sister six years ago as a scrawny, needy child, she has grown into a beautiful girl and a capable horsewoman. Seamus Carson has practically grown up with Gracie and has always seen her as the kid sister that fate denied him. Will Seamus and Gracie admit their feelings for each other, or will they continue to deny themselves until the day it almost tears the family apart?

When Laney McGrady - popular, beautiful college student and slightly spoiled semi-princess - is forced by her family to join the Carson Hill Ranch's annual cattle drive instead of spending her summer at the beach with her friends, she plans to make sure everyone is as miserable as she is. That includes Axel Carn, former cowboy and brother to one of Carson Hill's own ranch hands.

After an unfortunate scandal robs her of all decent standing in society, Daphne can see no better alternative for her future than to go against her family's wishes and become a mail order bride. That is, until she receives a letter from her betrothed’s younger brother, saying that her husband-to-be, Dallas, has skipped town with another woman. As her hopes of starting over as a married woman begin to collapse, Daphne decides that her only option is to go through with her plan to move west to Daisy Creek. It is there she meets Parker, a local saloon owner.

In New York, Eloisa has her future entirely planned out for her. As a member of a well-off family, she is expected to marry, put aside her passion for writing, and live according to her parent’s expectations. Neither as charming nor as pretty as her older sister, shy Eloisa is resigned to her fate - that is until she finds an advertisement for a mail-order-bride, for a banker in the small town of Daisy Creek.

One love-struck businessman; one compassionate Sioux maiden; one heart-wrenching decision. Is the power of love enough to save an entire tribe? Five years ago, when Edward James settled in Bear Creek to manage the mines, he saw a future of business and opportunity. He didn’t plan to fall in love. But since the moment he met Morning Sun, his world has been turned upside down. If only her family would accept him, he could be the devoted husband he longed to be, but how can he convince them that he’s worthy of Morning Sun’s love?

Being a reporter, Amy’s life was always based on fact and the pursuit of a good story - which hasn’t left much room for much of anything else. However, when her mentor and chief editor dies suddenly, Amy is in the thick of her world turning upside down when she meets Josh. Josh is a cowboy, in every sense of the word. Handsome and intelligent, he has a good heart, but lives his life free of any real and lasting responsibility. When an interview causes Amy and Josh to cross paths, it is obvious that there is something special brewing between them.

Kristi’s life is changing fast. An unfortunate accident has her raising her niece, then she meets Wes - a man she can’t help falling for. Everything seemed to be going wonderfully. Until his crazy ex-girlfriend decides she can’t let go. Liza wasn’t supposed to be part of the deal, but in her mind Kristi and her niece are in the way and need to be eliminated. Though it’s a difficult decision, Wes and Kristi put their relationship on hold to avoid problems with his ex. It doesn’t last long.

Jenna, an experienced dressage coach, has had more than her share of romantic upsets with cowboys. The last thing that she needs is another disappointing man. When she meets Clint McNair, the new hand over at Brooks Ranch, she's not looking to steal him away from her friend's matchmaker plans for her niece. After all, he's only 25. How could he be a good fit for her? Jenna dismisses her ongoing fantasies about the young rodeo bull rider as being nothing more than lust, until an unexpected and terrifying close-call at the rodeo forces her to reassess the young cowboy.

Marlene is one of the Red O'Connor's kids and she's got her dad's fiery temper. Itching for something bigger, she left the family ranch in Texas and hasn't been back for a while. Now, for the first time in months, she's back on vacation where she meets Curtis Copeland who is working as a ranch hand on Circle O. The last thing Marlene wants is any form of relationship; she has a full life already and it's not on the farm.

Marshall McKenna has resigned himself to a life on the outskirts of his growing family. He’s convinced himself that he doesn’t need love to be happy. He’s sure that he’s doing all right. Then, a woman from his past shows up and brings her two boys with her. She needs him, and he’s surprised to find that he might just need her, too.

Clara Roberts has found herself forced to flee across country, pursued by a madman who seems to have access to every aspect of her life. Consequently, she is off the grid and under the radar when her truck breaks down in a small corner of Southwestern, Oklahoma, and she finds herself at the mercy of a local cowboy. While she knows that she will eventually have to keep running to stay one step ahead of her stalker, she begins to find herself drawn to this man.

When her husband leaves her for a younger woman, taking with him the company she's worked so hard to build, the tabloids go crazy. Desperate and in search of an escape, Honey Whitmore finds herself at Circle O, the O'Connor family ranch. Even though she has worked on Wall Street since graduating from college, she takes a job as a ranch hand, seeking only oblivion. Caleb O'Connor is an entrepreneur and he's at Circle O to help them transition into grass-fed organic beef.

Darrell McKenna is used to being an independent man. With a steady rodeo career and a job on his family ranch, he has everything he wants. When it all changes in the blink of an eye, can he see past his disappointment to something better over the horizon?

Cole McKenna has been a rancher at Silver River since he was old enough to walk. He doesn’t mind the scars and bruises, but he’s starting to hate the feeling of being tied down, especially when the neighboring ranch is put up for sale. Raven Branch has always called to him and when a pretty young woman from the city arrives to take over he is determined not to let her ruin his favorite piece of land. Soon he has to wonder though. Is he keeping an eye on the ranch...or the woman?