In Gilded Age Boston, a dispossessed society beauty travels West to a Montana ranch, where she braves grizzly bears and an influenza epidemic, and must choose between the man who has everything, and the man with nothing but his heart to offer.

SYNOPSIS:

Synopsis of Season One

With the tragic death of her fiancé, Elizabeth Hamilton believes she’ll never love again. The comfortable life she’s settled into with her brother in Boston is upset when he abruptly marries. Displaced by her spiteful new sister-in-law and hoping to find a home for herself, Elizabeth allows shy cowboy Nick Sanders to escort her from Boston to her friend’s Montana ranch.

When Elizabeth meets attractive Caleb Livingston, a wealthy banker who strongly resembles her beloved fiancé, she hopes to have a second chance at love. Yet, she fights a growing attraction to Nick.

In braving the dangers and hardships of the West, Elizabeth discovers unexpected strengths within herself--strengths tested when an influenza epidemic ravages the town. As a child’s life hangs in the balance, Elizabeth must choose between the man who has everything, and the one with nothing but his heart to offer.