Amid shifting alliances, unsolved murders, open wounds, and hard-earned respect, Dutton family patriarch John Dutton is determined to protect his ranch and his family's legacy by any means necessary.

Follows the Dutton family, led by John Dutton, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States, under constant attack by those it borders--land developers, an Indian reservation, and America's first National Park. It is an intense study of a violent world far from media scrutiny--where land grabs make developers billions, and politicians are bought and sold by the world's largest oil and lumber corporations. Where drinking water poisoned...

Continues the adventures of young school teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Mountie Jack Thornton, as they face new adventures and trials with the many citizens of Hope Valley, a town on the Canadian frontier.