Anjaline Rodriguez thinks that mountain boy Gabriel Walker is a snob, even though she can't stop thinking about his fathomless eyes. Could he just be shy? Damian Vega could be trouble, but bad boys are hard to resist, especially when the good one seems like a judgmental know-it-all. She thought her world had ended when her stepfather's job ripped her away from her friends and her dream of attending the prestigious Cotopaxi Academy back home in Quito, Ecuador. Anjaline goes from a tropical, densely populated Latin American city to a cold, drizzly Canadian village populated by three small...

Nearly six years ago, Anjaline promised Gabriel that she would make it back to Hope Valley, no matter how long it took. Will keeping her promise mean a second chance for them, or just more heartache? A month after ending her engagement to Tom Sawyer, Anjaline (now Charity Sutherland) is given an assignment which leads her back to Hope Valley. Over the past six years she has grown into a shadow of her former self - a reporter willing to set aside her dreams to protect her heart. Her dreams of a happily ever with Gabriel Walker and maybe returning to Quito someday, seem completely out of reach....