Cavendish Library Blog

While it is no surprise to you, dear reader that I love romance novels, my taste usually runs to the paranormal.  I was stuck under the hairdryer….again and picked up this book.  I was glad that I did.

Virgin River tells the story of Melina Monroe, a forty-something nurse who takes an assignment in a small town, called strangely enough, Virgin River and through a series of medical adventures becomes the town’s nurse and midwife and falls in love.  OK, the plot is rather predictable. 

This is what I like about the book, and what has drawn me to read the next five sequels: the characters are realistic.  The heroine is not some Barbie-doll ish twenty year old, but a woman in her early forties with a brain and real personality.  The townspeople are quirky and likeable and I cared about them.  Many of the supporting characters are featured in later books and you find Melinda and her hero in the later books as well. 

I recommended this book and the sequels to a library patron.  She took the first one out with some trepidation and came back a few days later and took out the rest of them, saying that she would like to live in Virgin River.

Some days so would I.  I wonder if they have an opening for a librarian, and a hunky ex-marine for me.

I highly recommend these books. All of the Virgin River books are available to be checked out at the Cavendish Fletcher Community Library.