劇情簡介
年輕婦女馬蒂跟戀人Aaron去西部準備開創新生活，但是Aaron因為追逐脫韁的馬意外跌下馬背，正好摔倒了頭，當場死亡，馬蒂等了很久，卻是朋友ben馱著Aaron的屍體回來了。草草地辦完了喪屍，這時陌生人克拉克卻找到馬蒂說他知道很不合時宜，但是要給女兒一個有母親的壞境，即向她求婚，並承諾如果她同意，可以在明年春天給她出回城的路費。馬蒂當時連生活下去都沒有著落，所以最後還是同意嫁給了克拉克，而她自己還懷著Aaron的孩子。克拉克很尊重馬蒂，自己到另一個小屋裡去住。但是克拉克的小女兒Missie卻顯得很不懂事，排斥馬蒂，馬蒂因受不了Missie收拾行李要走時克拉克勸她說他相信她能讓Missie喜歡上她，馬蒂留下了，一天馬蒂看Missie哭著拿著自己的裙子拜祭去世的母親，馬蒂把裙子裁剪成了小裙子給Missie穿，並每天教她單詞和文法。漸漸地Missie喜歡上了馬蒂。馬蒂和死去的戀人Aaron的孩子要出生了，由於暴風雪找不到接生婆，克拉克要求自己給馬蒂接生，馬蒂很生氣，但是由於沒辦法還是同意了。一家人快樂地過了暴風雪肆虐的冬天。春天來了，馬蒂卻不想走了，因為她已經愛上了克拉克，但是出於禮數還是沒有提出要留下，每天收拾著行囊，她給克拉克的書里放了封信，希望他可以提出讓她留下來，因為她已經愛上了他，但是信意外落到了地上，馬蒂以為克拉克不希望她留下，也遺憾地走了。送走了馬蒂的克拉克回來到小屋子裡終於流淚了，並再一次向上帝祈禱讓他接受馬蒂走了的現實，這是他發現了那封信，於是快馬加鞭趕上了載著馬蒂回城的馬車隊，並鄭重地提出了讓馬蒂留下，因為他愛她。
A young woman's dream to forge a new life for herself on the great American plains becomes a test of her pioneering spirit, her inner strength, and her undying faith and courage. By covered wagon, Marty (and Aaron Calridge have come west in search of fortune and a new life. But an unexpected tragedy leaves Marty a widow facing bleak prospects for the future. With a bitter winter season approaching and no safe passage back home, she finds herself stranded yet befriended by settlers Ben Graham and his wife Sarah. They encourage her to take up the recently widowed Clark Davis on his unusual offer--join him in a temporary marriage of convenience. Marty will have a roof over her head until the spring thaw when she can return home. In the meantime, Clark's nine-year-old daughter Missie will have a teacher. As promised, the arrangement is strictly business. However, teaching Missie, who's still mourning for her mother, becomes as challenging as living with Clark, a young man cut off from his emotions. For three similar people, each grieving for a loved one who they've lost, comfort comes from sharing their pain and hardships. But is it enough to make two lonely spirits recognize what it is that they truely need and want? As the months and seasons pass, and Marty gets closer to the day of her departure, she finally discovers the meaning of courage, her inner faith, a love she never thought possible, and the bittersweet truth in her friend Sarah's sage advice: "Bloom where you're planted." Based on Janette Oke's cherished best-selling series of books, and written and directed by Michael Landon, Jr., this inspiring love story of a more innocent time is illuminated by the same warmth and wisdom that made Little House on the Prairie such enduring family entertainment.
演員表
| 角色 | 演員 |
| Sarah Graham | 特里薩·拉塞爾 |
| Ben Graham | Corbin Bernsen |
| Marty Claridge | 凱薩琳·希爾 |
| Clark Davis | Dale Midkiff |
| Jed Larsen | David Fine |
| Wanda Marshall | 拉特安亞·阿爾達 |
| Laura Graham | Tiffany Knight |
| Funeral Man | Larry Laverty |
| Clint Graham | Adam Loeffler |
| Aaron Claridge | Oliver Macready |
| Missie Davis | Skye McCole Bartusiak |
| Woman in Wagon | Janet Rotblatt |
| Reverend Johnson | Nick Scoggin |
| Wagon Train Scout | Jaimz Woolvett |
| Young Marty | Dani Goldman |
這部片子改編自Janette Oke的浪漫西部小說，愛之蔓延系列共有八部影片。（Hallmark's Love Comes Softly Series All 8 Movies ）分別是：
第一部：愛之蔓延時 love comes softly 上映日期: 2003-04-13
第二部：愛的永恆諾言 Love's enduring promise 上映日期: 2004-11-20
第三部：愛是漫長旅程 Love's Long Journey 上映日期: 2005-12-03
第四部：Love's Abiding Joy 上映日期: 2006-10-06
第五部：愛是永恆的傳奇 Love's Unending Legacy 上映日期: 2007-04-07
第六部：Love's Unfolding Dream 上映日期: 2007-12-15
第七部：愛放飛 Love Takes Wing
第八部：Love Finds a Home 上映日期: 2009-04-11
