"WhenCallstheHeart"basedontheseriesofbooksbybestsellingauthor,JanetteOkeistheca tivatingstoryofElizabethThatcher,ayoungteacheraccustomedtoherhighsocietylife,whoreceivesherfirstclassroomassignmentinCoalValley,asmallcoalminingtownwherelifeissim le,butoftenfraughtwithchallenges.AbigailStanton,awifeandmotherwhosehusband,theforemanofthemine,alongwithadozenotherminers,hasjustbeenkilledinanex losion.Thenewlywidowedwomenfindtheirfaithistestedwhentheymustgotoworkintheminestokee aroofovertheirheads.ElizabethcharmsmosteveryoneinCoalValley,exce tConstableJackThorntonwhobelievesThatcher’swealthyfatherhasdoomedthelawman’scareerbyinsistinghebeassignedintownto rotecttheshi ingmagnate’sdaughter.Setagainstthewildcanvasofa19thcenturycoaltown,Elizabethwillhavetolearnthewaysofthefrontierifshewishestothriveintheruralwestonherown