Monday, April 14, 2008

Shelter Mountain by Robyn Carr


# of book read so far this year: 24
Title: Shelter Mountain
Author: Robyn Carr
Date Finished: 4/14/08
Genre: Romance
# of pages: 376
Series: Virgin River Trilogy
blurb: The book begins with Paige and her 3 year old son, Christopher, coming into Jack's Bar. Paige is from Los Angeles and trying to run from her abusive husband. Preacher agrees to let her stay there as long as she needs to. Paige's ex husband manages to find her, then is sent to jail for possesion of drugs. While Paige is staying at the bar, her and Preacher become close friends, which soon leads into a relationship. At first, both are afraid to admit their feelings for each other, afraid that the other doesn't feel the same way. Toward the end of the book, Paige's now EX-husband has gotten out of jail, and comes and kidnaps Paige. She is found, and she's ok, and Wes is sentenced to 25 years of Prison without parole. After that, Paige realizes it's all over and she can finally relax. Her and Preacher get married on the frame of Jack and Mel's new home.
Jack and Mel are getting used to married life and anxiously await the arrival of their little girl Emma----who turns out to be a BOY- who they name David. Jack buys a piece of land with a beautiful view overlooking the valley, and plans to build them a big home.
Ricky and Liz are still together, and Liz is pregnant. Unfortunately, when she goes into labor they discover her baby is no longer alive.
Mike Valenzeula, a good friend of preachers, comes to Virgin River to recover from the shooting. He soon realizes how much he loves Virgin River and decides to live there for good. He buys a huge RV, that is more like an apartment.
personal thoughts/opinions: I loved this book! I think I loved it better than Virgin River. There were tons of surprises.
What did you like best about the book? It definitely kept my interest, there were tons of surprises, you thought you knew what to expect, but then again you really didn't.
What didn’t you like about the book? nothing!
why you read it? This series was recommended to me by one of my book groups. I'm so glad they told me about this series. If it hadn't been for them, I probably would've never found out about it.
Was this book recommended to you or did you find it on your own? It was recommended to me
Would you recommend it to others? Oh definitely
Do you want to read more books by this author?
Does it remind you of other books you’ve already read? I think it sort of reminded me of Enough (this was made into a movie starring Jennifer Lopez). Also The Cedar Cove Series by Debbie Macomber and Lakeshore Chronicles by Susan Wiggs...
Did you find it hard to stay interested in this book? not at all...It picked up right where Virgin River left off and kept me hooked. I even stayed up until 2:30am one night reading.
Was this book what you expected? yes
What book are you planning to read next? Making Waves by Cassandra King

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