''A Stranger's Heart'' (working title ''Brokenhearted'')
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that premiered on May 5, 2007.

Plot summary

Callie Morgan (

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), a workaholic magazine editor who prides herself on having no emotional attachments in her life, changes practically overnight when she undergoes a life-saving

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operation. Not only does Callie find herself strangely drawn to a young girl who happens to be the heart donor's

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ed daughter, but she also finds unlikely romance with another patient who also recently received a new heart. She soon discovers that the man, named Jasper Cates (

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), received the heart from her donor's husband.

Cast

as Callie Morgan *

as Jasper Cates *

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as Sarah 'Cricket' Cummings *

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as Darlene *

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as Doc Jackson *

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as Frank * Amanda Carlin as Rose *

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as Duds (Callie's father) *

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as Aunt Cass * W. Morgan Sheppard as Fred Landreth (Cricket's grandfather) * Garth McLean as Jasper's Brother-in-law

References

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