Hearts of Strangers is a story of kind people who take in strangers and make them family. The Bologna's are that loving family that take in two misfits, Peaches and TJ, who have escaped their tormented lives in the Louisiana bayou. Together they make their way to the Colorado Territory gold mines in Gold Hill. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned when Peaches tries to run from her depraved brothers who unexpectedly show up in Gold Hill and kidnap her. She catches the shack on fire where they held her hostage. After her fight for freedom the whole mountain side catches fire. When all are rescued and safe from harm true love blooms from the ashes. Peaches and Danny, oldest son of the Bologna family, find they cannot resist each other. Their married life is spent ranching in the Wild West of Wyoming. After years of living their separate lives Peaches and TJ reunite in Boston. The binds of their friendship never to be broken.