Erin Krakow Teases Elizabeth and Nathan Season 13, Call Your Heart Romance

The last time fans saw when the heart callsElizabeth Thornton and Nathan Grant hopped on the train to leave Hope Valley, hoping for a brighter future – but where do they stand in Season 13?

“Nathan and Elizabeth take a step forward,” Erin Krakow Exclusive story US Weekly Ahead of the Season 13 premiere on Sunday, January 4, it’s teased that the TV couple’s time in Fullerton Point was important to their development.

actressThe actor who plays Elizabeth on the Hallmark series revealed, “They get romantic together. They get silly together. There are some beautiful, beautiful moments between them.”

Krakow, 41, added that she thinks fans will be “very pleased” with Elizabeth and Nathan’s romance in the new season wait patiently — and impatiently — to get them together.

In the Season 12 finale, which airs in March 2025, Elizabeth decides to take her son Jack Jr. (Hyland Goodrich), from Hope Valley to the larger city of Point Fullerton for better access to diabetes insulin.

She didn’t reveal how long she would be gone, but after little Jack’s health scare, Elizabeth knew she couldn’t wait any longer and headed to the train station ahead of boyfriend Nathan (Kevin McGarry) returned from duty as a mounted police officer.

After Nathan learned of Elizabeth’s plan, he and his daughter Ellie (Jada Lily Miller) headed to the station to join them, the trooper telling his lover: “Where you go, I will go.”

Krakow told reporters that while their time at Cape Fullerton was crucial to their relationship us The pair won’t be around for a long time – at least in terms of what viewers see on screen. However, Elizabeth and Nathan will change, even if their styles come from this experience.

“I can draw everyone’s attention to one thing we’re all thinking about, and that’s Nathan’s beard. That’s back,” Krakow said with a laugh, referring to the released photos of the character with new facial hair. “I guess that’s something Nathan grew up with during his time at Fullerton Point.”

The actress noted that Ellie “thought it hid his smile,” so it’s up in the air how long the beard will last. “It’s an interesting change of style,” Krakow added.

When it comes to Elizabeth’s wardrobe transformation, Krakow said it was partly influenced by her real life pregnancyshe announced in November 2025. (Marriage in Krakow is world health assembly supporting role Ben Rosenbaum.)

“I don’t really have a big lump,” she explained us. “During the filming of Season 13, I found out I was pregnant, and luckily I had asked our amazing costume designer, Barbara, if we could start incorporating some more flowy, 1920s-style silhouettes.”

Krakow noted that she thought “it would make sense for Elizabeth to come back with a slightly different look from her fashion” after her time at Fullerton Point.

“It ended up working out in my favor, and luckily I have some elves who can help loosen up my waistline as needed,” she laughs. “But it doesn’t have a huge impact when we finish the season.”

In addition to Krakow, who is expecting her and Rosenbaum’s first child, their partners McGarry, 40, and Chris McNallyThe two, who play Lucas Bouchard, announced their family expansion at about the same time.

McGarry’s wife, Kayla Wallacehe also starred in world health assembly before playing rebecca falcone Landmanconfirmed her First pregnancy in early November 2025.

Meanwhile, McNally said in December 2025 that his wife, colleague hallmark actress Julie Gonzalopregnant with their second child.

“We did talk about it, but it wasn’t like we sat around and said, ‘OK, let’s go.’ It’s just, it’s kind of surprising that it happened the way it did, you know, in six weeks,” Krakow told us Baby fever among actors. “It’s just unbelievable. I don’t know if there’s something in the water or, you know, if we’re all fertile. But here we are. It’s been really fun to share this chapter together.”

While Krakow and her castmates are preparing for off-screen parenthood, she said it’s too early to tell whether she will do so. world health assembly The character will have a child with Nathan.

“Never say never. I mean, who knows? I’m constantly surprised and delighted by what the writers come up with for us,” Krakow said when asked about a possible Elizabeth baby. “Let’s take it one step at a time. Let’s get them involved first and then we’ll see.”

While fans wait for Elizabeth and Nathan to get engaged and possibly pregnant, they can also look forward to more romance from other Hope Valley characters.

“For our romance-loving fans, there’s a lot of them, not just Elizabeth and Nathan (which you’ll see in Season 13),” Krakow joked. “We have Bill and Georgie. We have Edie and Lucas, they do, don’t they. We have this beautiful, you know, blooming puppy love between Ellie and Oliver.”

She added: “There are deep love stories in the marriages of the Canfields, the Coulters, the Hickams. All of Hope Valley is filled with those stories. So there’s no shortage of love and romance.”

Season 13 when the heart calls Premiered on hallmark channel Sunday, January 4 at 8pm ET. New episodes will be available on Hallmark+ the next day.