A pioneering family struggles to survive in 19th-century America. Meanwhile, the teenage daughter begins a career as a schoolteacher, and soon has an enigmatic farmhand and an industrious railway employee vying for her affection. Historical drama based on the novels by Janette Oke, and starring Katherine Heigl, Dale Midkiff and Mackenzie Astin.

In the 1800s frontier, Missie Davis is a bright and beautiful schoolteacher whose love for the prairie is matched only by her passion for books. When Missie encounters Grant, a handsome New England railroad executive, she feels as though she's met a hero from one of her novels.