Ackerley
Main Characters
Marlin Armstrong
Lieutenant on the Ackerley Police Force; lost his wife in 2004; father of Ashlyn, Titus, and Star
Canyon Wilder
Accused of a crime he didn't commit; runs away from Spearpointe to Ackerley; lost sister in a drowning accident in 2006
Den McCutcheon
Works for Operation Rescue - an organization that protects and rescues abused and abandoned animals; friend of Juniper's
Baxter Simmons
Chief on the Ackerley Police Force; never been married; friend of Marlin
Carlina
Mother of seven children; lost her husband in 2008; goes to Journey's End; becomes a drama instructor at Twin Oaks High School
Ashlyn
College student with a propensity to pick up hitch-hikers and stray animals; daughter of Marlin
Juniper
Waitress at the local diner; rents the guesthouse from Marlin and cooks for his family as part of the rent; takes in abused horses, nurses them back to health, trains them, then sells them to good homes
Monica
Lives at Journey's End; mother of Den