＂Always Dakota: People are feeling good about living in Buffalo Valley again--the way they used to. They’re confident about the future. Stalled lives are moving forward. People like Margaret Clemens are taking risks on new ventures and on lifelong dreams. On happiness. Margaret is a local rancher who’s finally getting what she wants most--marriage to cowboy Matt Eilers. Her friends don’t think Matt’s such a bargain; neither did her father. But Margaret is aware of Matt’s reputation and his flaws. She wants him anyway. And she wants his baby... / Buffalo Valley: Just out of the army, Vaughn Kyle’s looking for a life to live--and waiting for his reluctant fianéce to make up her mind. Vaughn decides to visit Buffalo Valley and Hassie Knight. He was named after Hassie’s son who died in Vietnam, and she thinks of Vaughn as a surrogate son. He arrives at her store one snowy day and finds not Hassie but a young woman named Carrie Hendrickson. As he begins to love Carrie, Vaughn questions his feelings for the woman he thought he loved. He wants to stay in Buffalo Valley and fight for its way of life. A life that’s all about friends and family...＂ --