Virgin River by Robyn Carr Book Review
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.