He lives with his fiancé, Hayley, above The Lark Café.Ĭharacter Description: Hayley is clever, fun, determined, practical, warm and friendly. A college graduate now working in real estate, Will is struggling a little to really find his place in the world but is optimistic, enthusiastic and always ready to try something new. He’s warm and friendly to Jackie and quickly welcomes her into the fold. Will has been hard of hearing since birth and wears hearing aids. He loves theatre and is most comfortable when he is performing on stage.Ĭharacter Description: Will Walter is the oldest of the Walter children. Thoughtful to the point of overthinking, Danny is quiet, considerate, and well-read. Danny operates more under the radar – and that’s how he likes it.
George’s nephews, Isaac and Lee, also live with the family.Ĭharacter Description: Danny is Cole’s fraternal twin brother, but they couldn’t be more different. His door is always open to anyone that would need it. A man who already lives in a sprawling house with several equally sprawling, good-looking kids, George can seem gruff and is a man of few words, but he is a kind and open family man above all and is as happy to take Jackie into his home as Katherine is. A woman who is comfortable handling all kinds of chaos (including the emotional kind), Katherine is sometimes a bit overwhelmed by the extent of Jackie’s needs but is determined to meet them.Ĭharacter Description: George is a big bear of a man, a Western rancher who exudes warmth and well-being. Katherine used to be best friends with Jackie’s mother - and promised to always be there for the family, so when Jackie’s parents died, Katherine was named her guardian. She is the mother of 8 kids – 7 boys and 1 girl. Alex shows Jackie some gentle gallantry that hints at his romantic interest.Ĭharacter Description: A veterinarian by trade (and an artist by choice), Katherine is warm, kind, resilient, intelligent and capable. We’ll come to learn that he’s just getting over a broken heart and harbours some serious resentment towards his older brother. He’s a dreamer and an undeniable romantic, and his ranch upbringing has fostered a developing talent for horsemanship. Alex is sweet, reliable, kind, open and easily hurt. Until Jackie arrives.Ĭharacter Description: Alex Walter is the polar opposite of his big brother Cole, a devotee of fantasy novels, Star Wars and gaming. He and Erin have an on-again, off-again relationship, which suits Cole, who doesn’t want to be tied down. This hasn’t diminished his star power everyone still wants to be Cole or be with Cole. With his football career and dreams of a college scholarship in tatters, Cole has lost his way a little and his grades have plummeted. He should have been captain of the football team this year, but instead, he’s lost his place after suffering a skiing injury earlier in the year. He’s the most attractive and athletic of the Walter boys and is a typical Jock. Or will she?.Ĭharacter Description: The perfect All-American Boy, Cole Walter, is blonde, tall, gorgeous, muscled and fit.
Taken from the Upper West Side of Manhattan and dropped onto the upper West Side of the Continental Divide, Jackie is a little overwhelmed by her new life, but she keeps her eye on the prize: she will get back to the East Coast and to Princeton and will not permit herself to be distracted by any of - all this. She has been taken in by her mother’s old friend, Katherine Walter - only Katherine lives in a big chaotic house in Colorado with 10 kids, 9 of them boys, 2 of which take a romantic interest in her. Jackie sees herself as a mature New Yorker, an AP student on the fast track to Princeton - then her life went all to hell when her parents and sister died in an accident. She’s a little more innocent than you might expect, not shy or a prude but is focused on her studies and future rather than drinking, partying or meeting boys. She’s also super bright and very motivated, and up to just before we meet her, she attended an exclusive private girl’s school on NY’s Upper East Side. Jackie’s preppy and groomed rather than fashion-forward. She’s a true Manhattanite – sophisticated, theatre and ballet loving, latte-drinking. Character Description: Jackie Howard is a girl from a well-to-do New York Upper West Side family.