Overview
- The series premiered March 21 exclusively on Hallmark+, with new episodes scheduled to stream each Thursday beginning March 26.
- Set decades before When Calls the Heart, the story follows widowed Rebecca Clarke and her 11-year-old daughter on the Western Canadian frontier after a breakdown forces Rebecca to accept help from rancher Tom Moore.
- Benjamin Ayres and Bethany Joy Lenz lead a central slow-burn romance shaped by past complications and Rebecca’s plan to open a boarding house, which creates friction with Tom.
- Producers and cast tease deliberate links to the flagship series, including Easter eggs, familiar names, and early versions of key locations for long-time fans.
- Lenz wrote and performed the opening theme, “Hope in the Valley,” which debuts in the credits, and a full version is set for release soon; filming took place near Vancouver through cold, rainy months that the cast described as tough.