It has been a difficult year for the ladies of Hope Springs, North Carolina, who had to bid a final farewell to a good friend. But Beatrice Newgarden Witherspoon, Jessie Jenkins, and Louise Fisher are now ready to take on a new project: they're determined to find a husband for their young, single pastor friend Charlotte Stewart, since she's too busy running a shelter in New Mexico to look for a suitable companion herself. The matchmaking doesn't go as smoothly as the ladies had anticipated, but the subject of marriage is having an unexpected effect on each of the women's lives. Beatrice's daughter has special news; the last person Louise would ever expect to see turns up on her doorstep; and Jessie's husband wishes to recommit to her forever.