Love Comes Softly

Based on the bestselling books by Janette Oke, seen on the Hallmark Channel, this inspiring series follows three generations of women of faith through trials and triumphs, losses and loves. Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy), January Jones (Mad Men), Erin Cottrell, Haylie Duff, and Sarah Jones star. Includes Love Comes Softly, Love’s Enduring Promise, Love’s Long Journey, Love’s Abiding Joy, Love’s Unending Legacy, Love’s Unfolding Dream, Love Takes Wing, and Love Finds a Home. 8 feature-length films, 11½ hrs, 8 DVDs.

 

Based on Janette Oke's best-selling book series, and directed by Michael Landon Jr., Love Comes Softly is inspired storytelling for the whole family. Marty and Aaron Claridge travel west in search of new opportunity. But when tragedy strikes and Marty is suddenly widowed, the young woman must face the rugged terrain, bleak weather, and life among strangers - alone. That is until a handsome widower named Clark Davis suggests a platonic "marriage of convenience" until Marty can return home. As the months pass, though, Marty and Clark discover an unexpected new love where there was once only loss.

 

This poignant sequel to Love Comes Softly will draw you in from beginning to end. Missie Davis is devoted equally to teaching school and doing her fair share on the farm. When a handsome railroad heir starts to woo her, Missie is nearly swept off her feet. That is, until a mysterious stranger with a troubled past shows up. Torn between two very different men, Missie learns what is truly important in this inspiring film that the whole family will enjoy.

 

In this compelling third installment from Janette Oke's Love Comes Softly book series, Missie's surprise discovery - her pregnancy - sets her on a new course that's at once thrilling and terrifying. After all the planning and dreaming, she and her husband, Willie, have headed west in a covered wagon, leaving behind the prairie home of Missie's parents. Now, caught between the excitement of the new adventure and the pain of not knowing when she'll see her family again, Missie copes with the challenges, and cherishes the rewards, of her new homestead.

 

Directed by Michael Landon, Jr., this fourth installment in Janette Oke's beloved Love Comes Softly series is now a satisfying, heartwarming feature. Following a treacherous journey West, Missie and her husband have set up a homestead where they've begun to raise a family. And now that a railroad line connects the states, Missie's father is able to visit. But when the joyful reunion is interrupted by tragedy, the faith and love of this family is once again challenged in a story you and your family will never forget.

 

The fifth installment of Janette Oke's inspirational and best selling Love Comes Softly series. Two years after the death of her husband, Missie knows that it is time to move on. She heads home with her son to be near her parents and to return to teaching. Certain she will never find love again. Missie redirects her feelings and when the "orphan train" arrives in town, she adopts Belinda, a feisty young teenager who's arrived with a secret. As Missie struggles with raising Belinda, she finds she is falling for the local sheriff who might be the only man who can help her save Belinda....and herself.

 

The irresistible sixth installment of the films based on Janette Oke's acclaimed Love Comes Softly novels is as romantic as it is inspiring.  Missie's adopted daughter Belinda is determined to become a doctor, but despite her dedication and ability, Doc Jackson believes women should stay at home - and so does Belinda's suitor, Drew Simpson! But with faith and hard work, Belinda begins winning the hearts and minds of everyone around her, including a wealthy dowager, who just might help make Belinda's dreams come true.

 

Still as feisty as ever, Belinda Simpson is now a doctor in a small Missouri town where an unknown plague is spreading fear and resentment among the townspeople. One local resident thinks the illness was spread from the town orphanage and wants to see it shut down. Belinda struggles to make sense of the disease and God's plan for the beleaguered town. But with the support of Lee Owens, the town's handsome young blacksmith and her best friend, Belinda learns that if she can rely on faith and love then everything else may just fall into place!

 

The eight compelling film based on Janette Oke's acclaimed Love Comes Softly novel series stars Sarah Jones as Dr. Belinda Owens, a young woman with a loving husband and a rewarding career. But when Belinda's pregnant friend Annie comes to stay, Belinda must come to grips with her own inability to conceive. And when Annie's meddlesome mother-in-law gives Belinda advice about her medical practice. Belinda looks to a higher power for strength, wisdom and even diplomacy in this riveting installment of the popular, uplifting films about the enduring power of love and faith.  

 

 

"Entertaining little romanticized historical fictions" - DVD Talk

  

 

Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards, Camie Award Winner (2003)

 

MovieGuide Awards, Grace Award Winner for Most Inspirational Television Acting (Dale Midkiff, 2004)

 

 

 

Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards, Camie Award Winner (2005)

 

MovieGuide Awards, Epiphany Prize Nomination for Most Inspiring TV Program (2005)

 

MovieGuide Awards, Grace Award Nomination for Most Inspiring Television Acting (Dale Midkiff, 2005)

 

 

 

Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards, Camie Award Winner (2006)

 

 

 

Character and Morality in Entertainment Awards, Camie Award Winner for Television-Made for TV Movie (two, 2008)

 

Young Artist Award Nomination for Best Performance in a TV Move, Miniseries or Special - Leading Young Actress (Holliston Coleman, 2008)

 

Young Artist Award Nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor (Braeden Lemasters, 2008)

 

 

 

Young Artist Award Nomination for Best Performance in a TV Movie, Miniseries or Special - Supporting Young Actor (Timmy Deters, 2008)