Hallmark Channel’s ‘When Calls The Heart’ Returns April 25

Hallmark Channel will mark the second-season premiere of original series When Calls The Heart with a two-hour event at the end of April.

Based on the Janette Oke novel of the same name, When Calls The Heart comes back on April 25 with a special presentation from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. (ET/PT).

The series, which averaged a 1.5 household rating during its 10-episode rookie run in 2014 that made it one of the top fiver performers in its Saturday night time-slot, returns its stars Erin Krakow, Daniel Lissing and Lori Loughlin, who has become a spokeswoman for sister service Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Introduced late last season, Jack Wagner is also a key cast member,

The series follows young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher (Krakow) who moves to Coal Valley, a 19th century coal mining town, for her first classroom assignment. A mine explosion has claimed the lives of most of the community’s men, leaving behind their widows—including the kindly Abigail Stanton (Loughlin). The newly widowed women face many challenges as they confront life alone in Coal Valley, including a stint working in the mines to support their families. As Thatcher adapts to the frontier lifestyle, she begins to fall for handsome Mountie Jack Thornton (Lissing). Wagner and James Brolin appeared in the final episodes of the first season, looking to bring justice to the coal mining tragedy.

Vewers embarking to Coal Valley this season with fill find Elizabeth and Jack closer than ever after theri first kiss in the installment entitled “Trials of the Heart.” However, their budding union is threatened when she receives a distressing telegram from home requesting her return. As Jack gains a new understanding of Elizabeth’s high-society family, Abigail remains in Coal Valley, where she nervously awaits the mining disaster trial, and finally confronts investigator Bill Avery (Wagner) about a shocking discovery that could put their own romantic future on hold.

When Calls The Heart’s late April bow continues Hallmark Channel’s original series presence on Saturday night.

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