Plot Synopsis

Based on the Love Comes Softly series of books by Janette Oke. Frontier farmer Clark Davis struggles to maintain his land and support his family during a long drought. With a bank loan to repay, his wife, Ellen, takes a job in town as a seamstress, but soon becomes ill with scarlet fever and passes away. Devastated to lose his beloved wife, Clark and his young daughter Missie turn to his parents, Irene and Lloyd, for support. As his struggles mount with the threat of losing his home and the sudden loss of his wife, he considers sending Missie to live with his parents. But when she runs away after accidentally setting the house on fire, he faces the possibility of losing the person he loves the most.