Cora Scott runs the popular Wedding Shop in 1930s Heart's Bend, Tenn., attracting brides-to-be from all over the South. She waits anxiously for her lover, riverboat captain Rufus St. Claire, to return and fulfill his promise to marry her, but as the months slip away with no sign of him, a local farmer patiently proves his dedication and worth. In the present day, former Air Force Capitan Haley Morgan returns home to Heart's Bend from her California...

Jade Fitzgerald left the pain of her past in the dust when she headed out for college a decade ago. Now she's thriving in her career and glowing in the light of Max Benson's love. But then Jade's hippie mother arrives in Whisper Hollow, Tennessee, for Jade's wedding along with Willow, her wild younger sister. Their arrival forces Jade to throw open the dark closets of her past--the insecurity of living with a restless, wandering mother, the silence...

Host of a regionally syndicated cooking show, Joy Ballard has a little secret--she can't cook. When her show is picked up by a major network and the producers hire out-of-work chef and restauranteur Luke Redmond to co-host, Joy sees Luke as her way out. Television rival, Wenda Divine, however, has other plans for the sizzling duo.

After their marriage is shaken, Jade, Max, and his young son, Asa, work to strength their family with a new beginning in Colby, Texas, where Max is asked to coach high school football.