"WhenCallstheHeart"basedontheseriesofbooksbybestsellingauthor,JanetteOkeisthecaptivatingstoryofElizabethThatcher,ayoungteacheraccustomedtoherhighsocietylife,whoreceivesherfirstclassroomassignmentinCoalValley,asmallcoalminingtownwherelifeissimple,butoftenfraughtwithchallenges.AbigailStanton,awifeandmotherwhosehusband,theforemanofthemine,alongwithadozenotherminers,hasjustbeenkilledinanexplosion.Thenewlywidowedwomenfindtheirfaithistestedwhentheymustgotoworkintheminestokeeparoofovertheirheads.ElizabethcharmsmosteveryoneinCoalValley,exceptConstableJackThorntonwhobelievesThatcher’swealthyfatherhasdoomedthelawman’scareerbyinsistinghebeassignedintowntoprotecttheshippingmagnate’sdaughter.Setagainstthewildcanvasofa19thcenturycoaltown,Elizabethwillhavetolearnthewaysofthefrontierifshewishestothriveintheruralwestonherown.