The premise here of a rancher passing away and leaving the ranch to his daughters Willa, Tess and Lily Mercy is similar to that of the Australian TV series McLeod's Daughters (2001) and the earlier film of the same name McLeod's Daughters (1996). In that series as here, each of the daughters (Claire, Tess, and Jody McLeod) were by different mothers.
Nora Roberts's debut as an actress.