When Calls the Heart: A Moving Picture (2020)

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A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

From celebrated author Janette Oke comes a rigorous and romantic adventure as epic as the wide frontier. Erin Krakow, Jack Wagner and Pascale Hutton star in When Calls The Heart: A Moving Picture. Romance in Hope Valley is not without its challenges. Elizabeth finds herself in the difficult position of being caught between two suitors, Nathan and Lucas. When Lucas discovers that Elizabeth wants to be a writer and has a book of short stories, he offers to read them and give her his thoughts. Elizabeth accepts his offer, but doesn't love his advice. When Nathan's daughter Allie asks for a sleepover, Elizabeth offers to bake cupcakes and help Nathan manage all the girls. But the excitement is tempered by the arrival of Nathan's estranged father, Archie Grant an ex-con and former gambler who wants to meet his granddaughter. Meanwhile Faith returns home with a dilemma. She's been offered a prominent position at the hospital in Hamilton, but Carson thinks she should study to be a doctor.

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