dear readers,
I am back in Virgin River a great place to visit...
3.5 STARS
It
is Christmas in Virgin River and Marcie Sullivan has treked up the
mountain to see if her late husband's best friend is alive and well. He
has ignored all attempts to respond back to Marcie since her husband's
accident. Ian Buchanan wants to be left alone. He has put his time in
Iraq and now wants to live alone in the woods and live a simple life.
Both are stubborn and it becomes a game of chicken until Marcie catches
the flu and Ian and her are stuck in a small cabin for Christmas
holiday.
If Ian wanted to be left alone he really should
have done his research. Virgin River is the last place you should go as
you cannot help but fall in love and or have babies. I am not a fan of
holiday books but I zoomed through this one with glee :)
4 STARS
Paul
Haggerty has been in love with Vanni before his best friend, Matt fell
in love with her. He has stayed in the background being loyal to Matt
and would do anything for either of them...like be there for Vanni when
she goes into labour and wants him to be his birth buddy. All the
emotion made Paul run home to Grant's Pass where he sleeps with a woman
he doesn't love. Vanni's mother-in-law takes it as her duty to set Vanni
up with a cute single doctor, Cameron. Cameron could be the one IF Paul
hadn't already stolen her heart. Neither makes a move and things
continually set them apart. Will Paul finally get his Vanni?
Nikki,
Vanni's best friend's relationship has fallen apart as she wants more
than he can ever give her. As she watches Vanni fall in love she wonders
if there is a man for her...Joe, a former marine, looks at Nikki and
wonders what kind of man would ever leave her.
A new
resident has come into town, Muriel St. Claire - a famous older actress
and catches Walt's eye. Preacher and Paige finally have the baby they
tried so hard to conceive.
I am glad to finally get down
to Paul and Vanni's story and have been routing for them since they
first made their appearance in VR. You could feel Nikki's heartbreak
with her jerk of ex-boyfriend. Harrumph. But seriously, everyone need a
shake in this novel to get going. I felt like Jack and wanted to get in
there and get them paired up. Thanks for another page-turner, Robyn
Carr!
4 STARS
Ready?
Shelby is back in VR staying with her uncle Walt while she applies to
college, plans a few trips and start to be like other women her age. Her
first day back she meets Luke Riordan (new resident in VR). Both are
looking for anything but each other but also cannot help but only look
at one another. If they go in knowing that they both have other plans
then they can be with another and part as friends...or can they?
Art,
a 30 year old man with down syndrome, is the other new resident in VR.
After being abused by his caretakers he runs away and Luke find him
hurt, extremely dirty and hungry in one of his run down cabins. Luke
decides to take him in until he can find out more details about Art.
Cameron,
who had been set up with Vanni, meets a woman in a hotel bar and finds
himself attracted to her and ready to take a chance. Just as quickly as
they met she has vanished leaving behind another disappoint for the
gorgeous doctor.
Mike and Brie are having a baby, Mel
tries to get Cheryl into rehab, there is a bus crash, Muriel and Walt
are getting closer and other Riordan men making there appearance. And,
warning there is one heartbreak that will have you sniffling on the bus.
Another
fabulous novel set in the idyllic Virgin River. I love the characters
and the new romances in each novel. What i love best is hearing about
how the other characters are now doing. It is kind of like what happens
after happily ever after. I wish there was more of the other characters
and less of Walt and Mel/Jack.
On to the next book in Virgin River...
love,
kris
