Hope Valley: 1874 will be back for another go-round. Touting the series’ debut as “the most successful launch of a Hallmark+ series to date,” the streamer has renewed the popular When Calls The Heart prequel for a second season. The eight-episode Season 2 will premiere in 2027. The renewal news comes just ahead of the Season 1 finale, Thursday, May 7. Bethany Joy Lenz stars along with Benjamin Ayres, Jill Hennessy, Roan Curtis and Lachlan Quarmby.  Also featured are Jedidiah Goodacre, Mila Morgan, Brad Abramenko   and   Chelsea Hobbs. Based on Janette Oke’s novel  When Calls the Heart, the series explores the earliest days of the frontier settlement that later became Hope Valley, chronicling the courage, resilience and relationships that laid the foundation for the close-knit town viewers have come to love.…