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Landon Edmunds has been a cowboy since birth, even winning in the rodeo for several years before an injury ended his career. He returned to his hometown of Gold Valley, where he works at Horseshoe Home Ranch as a cowhand, but now he's looking for something of his own. He's thinking of buying a horse ranch and training horses for the rodeo, but when an old high school friend returns to Gold Valley, he turns to construction instead.

They once had a few summers together. Now, Michael Hammond is back in town after a devastating injury overseas. He's looking to reset and recover...not to fall in love.

Dwayne Carver is set to inherit his family's ranch in the heart of Texas Hill Country, which would be great if his first love wasn't raising and training horses. In order to keep up with his ranch duties and fulfill his dreams of owning a horse farm, he hires top trainer Felicity Lightburne. Felicity, wracked with grief over the death of her father, can't stand to stay on her family farm anymore, so she takes the job at Grape Seed Ranch sight unseen.

Professional snowboarder Sterling Maughan has sequestered himself in his family cabin in the exclusive mountain community above Gold Valley, Montana, after a devastating fall that ended his career. Lost, with no direction and no motivation, the last thing he wants is company. But Norah Watson has other plans for the cabin. Not only does she clean Sterling's cabin, she's a counselor at Silver Creek, a teen rehabilitation center at the base of the mountain, and she brings her girls up to the cabin every 12 weeks.

In the charming town of Pineville, boutique owner Andrea Larsen is grappling with the overwhelming sense of loss during the Christmas season. The absence of her beloved Mama casts a somber shadow over what should be a joyous time, making every festive decoration and twinkling light feel like an unwelcome reminder of her loneliness. As Andrea navigates through the holiday hustle and bustle, she can't help but reflect on the choices she made in the past, particularly her hasty judgment of her former boyfriend, cowboy Lawrence Collins. Little does Andrea know, Lawrence hasn't forgotten about her.

Morris Young has always felt like the odd man out in the huge Young family. He’s one of the youngest brothers, excluded from the band until now, and the only one without a child. His pro-football career lasted a mere three years, and his marriage about the same amount of time. He’s been divorced for a few years now, but his feelings for his ex are as strong as ever. So when he runs into Leighann Drummond, the sparks are immediate and hot.

Georgia Beck owns the bookshop in downtown Coral Canyon, and she knows the Young family well. After all, one of her best friends is the librarian, and Abby just married Otis's brother, Tex. When her ex-boyfriend keeps coming round the shop, trying to get her back, she needs a convincing reason for him to leave her alone. That reason is a new boyfriend, and the only person in the shop at the time is Otis Young. He's always keen to help a woman in distress, but he wasn't expecting a fake kiss to spark something very real inside his wounded heart.

Darren Buttars is cool, collected, and quiet—and utterly devastated when his girlfriend of nine months, Farrah Irvine, breaks up with him because he wanted her to ride her horse in a parade. But Farrah doesn't ride anymore, a fact she made very clear to Darren. When they run into each other again in small-town Island Park, the spark between them is as hot as ever. But they can't seem to agree on anything and end up arguing as much as they kiss. Darren's the only Buttars brother who isn't married, and he wants to make Island Park his permanent home—with Farrah.

Blake Gibbons knows farming like the back of his hand. He knows when to plant, what to do if an early frost comes, and how to deal with pests. He also knows how to fix old buildings, and when his construction work takes him to the bakery, he meets Erin Shields, the niece of the bakery owner. Erin has moved to Brush Creek to help her aunt and uncle with the pie-making side of the bakery. Divorced a year ago, she's determined to find a way to support herself and her kids. Both Blake and Erin will have to search their souls—and rely on God—to find their path to a happily ever after.

Tucker Jenkins has had enough of tall buildings, traffic, and business meetings to determine the next app that will change the world. He's sold his technology firm for billions and traded it for Steeple Ridge Horse Farm in rural Vermont. Missy Marino has worked at the boarding stable and farm since she was a teen, and she's always dreamed of owning it. But her ex-husband left her with a truckload of debt, making her fantasies of owning the farm unfulfilled. When she meets Tucker, she starts having a new kind of fantasy—one where they work with the horses together.

Cowboy Elliott Hawthorne has just lost his best friend and cabin mate to the worst thing imaginable—marriage. Elliott would be happy for his friend if he weren’t quite so jealous. When his brother calls about an accident with their father, Elliott rushes down to Gold Valley from the ranch only to be met with the most beautiful woman he’s ever seen. His father’s new physical therapist, Holland Marsh, likes the handsome face and gentle spirit she sees in Elliott too. The spark between them is instant and Elliott’s grateful he’s finally found someone he can connect to.

Ted Caldwell has been a retired bronc rider for years, and he thought he was perfectly happy training horses to buck at Brush Creek Ranch. When he meets April Nox, who comes to the ranch to hide her pregnancy from her friends back in Jackson Hole, Ted realizes he has a huge family-shaped hole in his life. April is embarrassed, heartbroken, and trying to find her extinguished faith. As she and Ted spend more time together, she begins to question her decision to put her baby up for adoption. Can Ted and April create a family of happiness and love from a tragedy?

Jeri Bell lost everything when her former construction manager betrayed her—her company, her crew, and her contractor's license. She's been hired to build dog enclosures at Last Chance Ranch, and she needs the job and loves the atmosphere. But the ranch's grant funding might dry up if she can't provide her license. The cowboy living in the cabin next door, Sawyer Smith, doesn't want to go visit his family, but it's hard to find a date when he spends all his time with ranch animals. So he walks next door, a proposition in his back pocket for the beautiful brunette.

Cowboy and professional roper Justin Jackman has found solitude at Brush Creek Horse Ranch, preferring his time with the animals he trains over dating. But when flirty and fun Renee Martin picks him up at a church ice cream bar—on a bet, no less—he finds himself more than just a little interested. Renee's living with her cousin in Brush Creek, having just graduated from college. She starts working for Dinosaur National Park, which has an hourlong commute that she spends thinking about Justin. Can Justin look past their differences and take a chance on another engagement?

To get away from her ex-husband and start over, Adele Woodruff has followed her best friend to Last Chance Ranch, proving she'll do almost anything to earn a buck. After all, she doesn't need the debt collectors coming up into the hills to get their money. In her spare time, she makes foodie videos for TastySpot. But culinary school costs money, and Adele doesn't have much of that. When Carson Chatworth shows up at Last Chance Ranch, she doesn't have much patience for him, either. Adele can spot a rich man when she sees one - and she's had enough of those, thank you very much.

Matthew Whettstein has been working the Hammond family farm for more than 15 years - every summer when the family left for Coral Canyon. This year, though, he's brought his children after checking his ex-wife into an alcohol treatment program. His heart is bruised and he's looking for a chance to heal as he figures out how to be a single dad. When Hunter and Molly start an equine therapy program for children on the farm, Matt pours everything he has into it. They need more help, and that's when Matt comes face-to-face with a woman he dated way before he met his wife: Gloria Munson.

Former rodeo champion and cowboy Walker Thompson trains horses at Brush Creek Horse Ranch, where he lives a simple life in his cabin with his 10-year-old son, Michael. He's worked with Tess Wagner, a widow who came to Brush Creek to escape the turmoil of her life to give her seven-year-old son, Graham, a slower pace of life. Together, they run a cotton candy stand at the town's Heritage Festival every fall, and Walker gets up the nerve to ask Tess to dinner.

Unwilling to be tied down, farrier Robin Cook has managed to pack her entire life into a 280-square-foot house, and that includes her Yorkie. Now, if things get too hard, she can pack up and get out of town in under an hour, and that's just the life she thinks she wants. No roots. No commitments. No relationships. Cowboy and co-foreman at Grape Seed Ranch Shane Royal has had his heart set on Robin for three years, even though she flat-out turned him down the last time he asked her to dinner.

May Sotheby is the heiress to the ritziest restaurant in Grape Seed Falls. In business for over a hundred years, her father wants the restaurant in Texas Hill Country to stay in the family for generations to come, so he lays down some hard news for May: She has one year to find a husband, or the restaurant where she's worked since a teen will go to her already-married sister.

Third grade teacher Heather Carver has had her eye on Levi Rhodes for a couple of years now, but he seems to be blind to her attempts to charm him. She's about to throw in the towel, when an accident on his horse farm finally has him looking her way. Levi, who started his boarding stable from scratch, thinks he has everything he needs. Plenty of money, horses, and his beloved Texas Hill Country. Women have never brought him anything but trouble, and he's not interested.