Overview

• Shields will reprise Charlotte Thornton across three episodes in the upcoming season.
• Season 13 is slated to debut on Hallmark Channel in 2026 with next-day streaming on Hallmark+.
• Charlotte is the mother of the late Jack Thornton, whose death off-screen in Season 5 reshaped the family’s story.
• The new storyline follows the Season 12 finale that placed Elizabeth, Nathan and Little Jack at Charlotte’s Cape Fullerton boarding house for his diabetes care.
• Erin Krakow praised the long-awaited return, while Shields said Charlotte is evolving in the 1922 setting with less time on horseback.