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.

All Demetri has ever wanted was to protect his deaf sister. It’s why he became a doctor, and it’s why he must get her away from Colorado. Hunted by the Irish mafia, Demetri and Sandy flee to Bear Creek, where they settle into a calm life, free from the troubles of their past, or so they think. With Sandy safe and flourishing in her new life, Demetri longs for something more, and long winter evenings of letter-writing soon brings Emily into his life.

Hundreds of miles apart, two lost souls face a future of emptiness. Can they overcome all the odds and find true happiness in each other?

Is it possible to outrun your destiny? These four brides are determined to find out. Four brides on four inspirational quests towards freedom and love. Can they outwit their pasts? Is true love finally within their grasp? 

With his troubled past behind him, Pastor Barthelme Munster has been traveling from chapel to chapel in Montana, living by his promise to God. But the pastor aches for something more, and he has his eye on settling in the growing town of Bear Creek, where he can fully give himself to a community that needs him.

Sheriff Jacob Benning longs for the pitter-patter of tiny feet. But after placing a mail-order bride ad, he breaks his arm and ruins his penmanship so that any educated lady would dismiss his correspondence. So, when a delightful maid from Boston seems taken with his haphazard prose, he clings to hope that his dreams of fatherhood might still come true.

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?

Reese Tait is a single rancher with two small children and a run-down ranch to care for, and he’s running out of time. Aileen Warrick is a young widow with debts to pay and nowhere to turn. She’s also running out of time. Valerie Tait is the frustrated, lovelorn bride who brings them together.

Lina Sterling loves her family enough to leave them. They’re struggling to scrape out a living on the cruel, unforgiving streets of 19th century Boston, and Lina can’t find a job. The only way she can support her family is to find a rich husband somewhere - and the East is chronically low on men. Her only choice is to head out West on a train in order to marry a man she’s never met. Hotah, a Lakota warrior, still grieves the death of his beloved wife. His mother Wichapi tells him that he needs to take another bride - especially for his baby daughter’s sake.

In 1882, Daisy Creek was a small town with a dwindling economy, but for Jill Graythorn, it whispered a promise of hope. Raised in a Boston orphanage, Jill continues to have nightmares about the fire that killed her family, and she still has the scars to remind her of her troubled past. Desperate for a brighter future, she responds to a mail-order bride ad, and soon, the deputy of Daisy Creek is her shimmer of light in the darkness.