Love Comes Softly is a 2003 made-for-television Christian drama film set in the 19th century, based on a series of books by Janette Oke.

Clark offers to give her a place to stay for the winter and provide her with the fare for the wagon train heading back East in the spring.

In exchange, Marty agrees to marry Clark and provide a maternal influence for his young daughter Missie (Skye McCole Bartusiak).

Initially, it is not an ideal arrangement for any of them, and Missie, (regretting her dead Mother who, as she says to her, "was the prettiest thing you've ever saw, everybody said so") resents Marty for attempting to encourage more feminine behavior from her.

As winter passes, Marty learns more about "Clark's God" than she ever dreamed and an affectionate bond develops between her and Missie, allowing them all to begin to feel more like a family.