The day after high school graduation, Ruby boarded a west bound train to Los Angeles. She dreamed of seeing her name on a Hollywood star, and was determined to show everyone back home in Mountain Town that she was meant for more.

When things don’t turn out how Ruby planned, she returns to Mountain Town with her tail tucked. Only to find the people and place she tried to escape are where she belonged all along.

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Manny and Minnow are dirty, tired, and hungry, but all of the above seem less scary than being separated by Child Protective Services. The kids learn to trust in the goodness of strangers, and that family isn’t always bound by blood.

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Renee turns a rag-tag squad into a team of champions, despite backwards thinking, bigotry, and other barriers in rural and conservative Mountain Town.

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Elizabeth watched in horror as smoke billowed from under the hood of her car. She pulled off the mountain highway to call for help, only to discover she has no cell signal, no idea how far it is to the nearest town, and dark is descending to make a cold desert night. Worst Valentine’s Day ever…or is it?

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With her daughter’s wedding day on the horizon, Heather questions the depth of her relationship with a younger man. She learns valuable lessons about love and life by growing apart and growing back together.

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Workaholism, alcoholism, cynicism… ‘Isms’ were a poor cover for Cora’s unhappiness. When a catastrophe at work revealed her blind spots, Cora resolved to become a better boss for her employees and, more importantly, for herself. She discovers the spillover effect developing self-awareness has on all her relationships and finds true belonging with people she cares about.

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Fed up with spending more time exposed to the blue light of her laptop than natural sunlight, Natalie dropped out of college to follow her dream of living off-grid. But what was supposed to be temporary farm work to save cash and learn to live sustainably, turned into 8 years of working other people’s land, for other peoples’ benefit. 

Tally leaves the familiar for an off-grid adventure with a former Green Beret and stray dog named Buttercup.

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25-years-old, three children under six, unemployed, unmotivated, going through the motions of life without living… Most days, Lorraine felt like she deserved a gold star for simply surviving. 

When an unexpected opportunity reignites a long lost dream,  Lorraine finds the confidence and courage to go after it.

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Rachel’s life wasn’t turning out as expected. At age 37 she expected to be married to the love of her life, and raising kids on a few country acres in Mountain Town. Her boyfriend’s accidental death delivered a harsh reality: He was her last hope of having a family.

Sensing her biological clock was nearing the stroke of midnight, Rachel embarks on fertility treatments to have a child on her own, until a pickup man swoops in and changes her plans.

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When the lawyer’s office called to inform Miranda that she’s inherited her deceased husband’s 186 acre ranch in Mountain Town, she thought they’d made a mistake. She lived solo life on the move, as a rodeo trick rider, wrangler, and stable manager. She didn’t have a husband, let alone a dead one that owned property. Then she remembered she did…

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