Books vs Show confusion (hopefully clears it up)

One of the problems with the books vs show is that this show is not based on Janette Oke's original books in her When Calls The Heart aka Canadian West series but a companion/continuation of the story in the books titled Where Courage Calls & Where Trust Lies. These two books follow the life of another Elizabeth Thatcher (a cousin although they call the original Elizabeth aunt). The new Elizabeth is NOT the daughter of original Elizabeth's brother Johnathan but actually the daughter of original Elizabeth's uncle, brother to her father. Hopefully that all makes sense.

New Elizabeth decides to follow in her cousins footsteps and thus we have the current story this tv series is based on. It is a bit confusing because in both books (When Calls The Heart & When Courage Calls) the main character is named Elizabeth, they both have a younger more vivacious & daring sister named Julie and they both leave home despite their family's protest to become teachers for small towns & both fall in love with Mounties!

While I do agree, they do not completely follow the story of the books (When Courage Calls & Where Trust Lies) I do think they have captured the essence of the characters and the various situations that occur in the books.

I'm really enjoying the series. It's always hard to watch (and I'm sure make) a TV show or movie from a book or series of books that people love. I've been a huge fan of Janette Oke since middle school and was so excited to see these books turned into a series. I was a bit disappointed with the Love Comes Softly movies and the major changes they made that seemed completely unnecessary!