Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Janette Oke, WHEN CALLS THE HEART stars Lori Loughlin (âFull House,â â90210â), Erin Krakow (âArmy Wivesâ), Daniel Lissing (âLast Resortâ) and Jack Wagner (âThe Bold and the Beautiful,â âGeneral Hospital,â âMelrose Placeâ). The series follows the story of young schoolteacher Elizabeth Thatcher (Krakow), who has just arrived to Coal Valley, a 19th century coal mining town in the Western Frontier, that is worlds apart from the wealthy, high-society life where she grew up. Elizabeth arrives in the aftermath of a mine explosion that claimed the lives of most of Coal Valleyâs men, leaving behind their widowsâincluding kind-hearted Abigail Stanton (Loughlin) who becomes friends with Mountie Bill Avery (Wagner) a forensic specialist who has been called to the town to help investigate the mining explosion. As Elizabeth adapts to the frontier lifestyle, she also warms up to handsome Constable Jack Thornton (Lissing).