It's a topic I've covered a lot as a journalist, and Paige seems to go through all the classic responses.īecause we get all these characters' continuing stories, there are ups and downs for everyone.

And it was good to see the issue of spousal abuse - I like that more than the term 'domestic violence,' which sounds friendlier somehow - explored with authenticity.

She and her little boy come under Preacher's protection - and the relationship between them builds over time, first as she goes about trying to set up a life free of abuse and then later as she and Preacher fall in love.Īs with the first book in this series, Virgin River, I enjoyed the midwifery aspects of the story. Paige is the quintessential abused wife who accidentally winds up in Virgin River at Jack's bar while trying to escape her S.O.B. So while the story ostensibly focused on Preacher and Paige, there was a lot to the story that didn't involve them. The book weaves together all of these couples and their story lines, and it's told from a myriad of perspectives. I had to see what would happen to Mel and Jack and Preacher and Paige and their buddy Mike and poor Rick and Liz. Why? Well, for starters, I've gotten really attached to the whole damned town of Virgin River. I read this entire book in a few big gulps rather than working on the novel that is already late to New York. And if there's one thing the marines has taught him it's that some things are worth fighting for.Praise for Robyn Carr'Carr has hit her stride with this captivating series.' -Library Journal on the Virgin River series'The Virgin River books are so compelling - I connected instantly with the characters and just wanted more and more and more.I hate myself. Paige Lassiter has stirred up emotions in him - emotions that he has never allowed himself to feel.But when Paige's ex-husband turns up in Virgin River, Preacher knows his own future hangs in the balance. A marine who has seen his share of pain, Preacher knows a crisis when he sees one, but he knows immediately that this need to protect is something much more. For the second time in a year a woman arrives in the small town of Virgin River trying to escape the past.John 'Preacher' Middleton is about to close the bar when a young woman and her three-year-old son come in out of a wet October night.

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