Love Comes Softly. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1979 book
VS3
Love Comes Softly
Janette Oke, 1979
movie vs book
Michael Landon Jr., 2003

Marty Claridge has just moved out to the West with her husband Aaron Claridge, who dies in a riding accident shortly after. Expecting her late husband’s baby, Marty has nowhere to go and needs a place to stay through the winter. Desperate, she accepts the proposal offered by widower Clark Davis, who 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.


Love's Enduring Promise. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1979 book
VS3
Love's Enduring Promise
Janette Oke, 1979
movie vs book
Michael Landon Jr., 2004

Missie Davis is a young woman working as a school teacher who spends much time reading. Her father has a near-fatal accident but is saved by a mysterious stranger with a troubled past whom Mr. Clark davis characterizes as God’s “enduring promise” making his Daughter think and offering them the chance to plough and plant some wheat ad corn together for the harvest everyday starting at Sun-up, Missie’s Gymnasium being closed for planting season and Willie living currently as a jobless trapper reaching for his Father, Zeke.


Love's Unending Legacy. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1984 book
VS3
Love's Unending Legacy
Janette Oke, 1984
movie vs book
Mark Griffiths, 2007

Missie LaHaye bids a reluctant goodbye at the grave of her late husband Willie, who died two years previously in the line of duty as the sheriff of Tettsford Junction. Even after giving up her job as the town schoolteacher, Missie has found running the ranch on her own overwhelming, so she has resigned herself to letting her son Jeff and his new bride take control of it jointly with her brothers Aaron and Arnie.


Love's Unfolding Dream. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1987 book
VS3
Love's Unfolding Dream
Janette Oke, 1987
movie vs book
Harvey Frost, 2007

In a time when and place where women were not usually permitted careers, especially in the medical field, Belinda Tyler deeply wants to be a doctor and feels that God has called her to be one. She displays her abilities while helping out a local doctor and caring for Mrs. Stafford-Smith, an elderly woman who recently had a stroke.


Love's Abiding Joy. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1983 book
VS3
Love's Abiding Joy
Janette Oke, 1983
movie vs book
Michael Landon Jr., 2006

Between drought and a cattle plague, Missie LaHaye takes up a teaching position to help support her husband Willie and their two children. They have a young son Mattie, and a baby daughter Kathy. They also have a teenage boy called Jeff who they took in when he was eleven-years-old, when his older brother Sonny had been shot dead in the previous film, Love’s Long Journey, and Jeff didn’t have any other family.


Elvis and Me. Poster of the 1988 movie and cover of the 1985 book
VS3
Elvis and Me
Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, 1985
movie vs book
Larry Peerce, 1988

Based on Priscilla Presley’s 1985 biography, this TV movie adaptation delves into the captivating journey of her relationship with Elvis Presley. It commences with their initial encounter when he was a G.I. stationed in Germany, moving through their marriage, their life at the iconic Graceland estate, and the various factors and challenges that ultimately contributed to their eventual divorce.


Pet Sematary. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1983 book
VS3
Pet Sematary
Stephen King, 1983
movie vs book
Mary Lambert, 1989

The Creed family—Louis, Rachel, and their children Ellie and Gage—move from Chicago to rural Ludlow, Maine, after Louis accepts a job as a physician with the University of Maine. That night, Pascow appears to Louis as a ghost and leads him to the Pet Sematary, warning him not to cross the barrier because the ground beyond is sour.


The Warden. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1995 book, The Governor
VS3
The Governor
Lynda La Plante, 1995
movie vs book
Stephen Gyllenhaal, 2001

Helen Hewitt becomes the first woman to take charge of Barfield, a maximum-security prison that had been severely damaged by a previous riot. Despite facing hostility from both the inmates and some of the prison staff, Hewitt is determined to restore order and reform the prison.