Love returning to Virgin River and the community there. It's like reuniting with old friends. This book was packed with a lot of action but such a great continuation of the series storyline. The one thing that's starting to irk me a tiny bit is how overboard the descriptions are of the beautiful ladies of Virgin River and how they are even more beautiful pregnant. It gets be to be a bit much for me. But the story is fantastic and the community that the reader gets to know just grows with each book. Some characters fade in and out but it always puts a smile on my face when they're mentioned :)

Another great book in the series. I wish I could give it 4.75 stars because I only liked it a tiny bit less then the first 3 I've read.

Loved the new characters....The story of Joe & Nikki, at first she ran scared but then she came back. She realized this was the love that she'd been searching for all a long.

Every time I read one of the Virgin River novels, I have to remind myself that I'm not reading a typical contemporary romance. In the case of this novel, I was kind of glad that Vanni and Paul's story didn't encompass the entire novel. I felt a little weird reading about a romance between a woman who had just lost her husband, and her husband's best friend. I don't know if I could move on quite as quickly as Vannie did. Overall, I think Carr handled the issue of Vanni's deceased husband really well, and I felt like Paul and Vanni continued to honour him in their relationship. But it did take me a while to warm up to them, and there were some moments when I got annoyed at their stubbornness and lack of communication.

There were several secondary storylines going on, in addition to the main plot--Rick is being sent to Iraq, Vanni's father gets a love interest (probably my favourite subplot!), Mel and Jack are having a second child, Vanni's best friend has gone through a bad break-up and her little brother is going off to basic training after graduation, leaving behind his girlfriend. There are enough storylines that there's bound to be something to interest any romance reader.

As always, Carr's novels include a couple of detailed sex scenes, which are easier to skip over in an actual book rather than an audiobook. I think this book had two or three, which is pretty typical for this series.

I was going to rate this book a 3.5 because Paul and Vanni's romance isn't my favourite out of the books in the series that I've read so far, but I loved some of the subplots (especially the one about Vanni's father) and I just ate up the details about the town and the community. Maybe it's because I moved from the country to a city a couple of months ago, but I appreciated the small-town setting and community togetherness a lot more than usual. Virgin River is a little too perfect, but I still love it. 4*

I love me some Virgin River!!! I love catching up with old friends and seeing new romances develop. I honestly wish I could take a vacation to a town like this and fall in love with some big hunky former Marine!

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Way better than the last one. I'm still finding it very interesting how the TV show intertwined all these books into what the two seasons have been.

This is my favorite Romance series this book like the others I’ve read so far are a great escape I always enjoy the stories of the different couples in these books and feel invested in them. If you are looking for a good easy read I recommend this series.

4.5 Stars