Annie Alexander had it all. She had married her college sweetheart, settled down in her very own sleepy, little town, and had given him four beautiful children. But, when her husband, of twelve years, decided that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with someone else, Annie's world came to a screeching halt. Now, left alone with four kids to raise, she turns to her huge family for love and support. After surviving one heartbreak after another, Clay Covington moves his daughter, three brothers and their families from a bustling city in Tennessee, to the quiet peacefulness of a small North Carolina town. Trying to fulfill his life-long dream of owning his own ranch, he threw himself into his work. Not realizing how lonely he has been, when he meets Annie and her family, he is instantly taken with her, as she shows him a whole new side of love and life. Will Annie and Clay find a renewed hope in a budding, new romance? Or will an old flame shine bright once again, and leave the couple burned? Find out in the first installment of the four part 'hope' series.