A lady in my Robyn Carr bookgroup wrote this list and was nice enough to share, so I thought I'd post it in here for safekeeping. That's the thing with series, sometimes it's hard to keep track of who's who. Looking back through my entries I made a list for Grace Valley (Robyn Carr) and Lakeshore Series (Susan Wiggs) but surprisingly enough I never made one for Virgin River. Again, I didn't write this, so I can't take any credit for it. I'm just putting it in here so I'll be able to find it when I need to.
ROBYN CARR’S VIRGIN RIVER SERIES
CAST OF CHARACTERS
AS OF END OF OCT. 2010
Melinda (Mel) Monroe – nurse practitioner, widow (Mark, dec.) Worked with Doc Mullins. She is formerly from CA.
Jack Sheridan – owns Jack’s Bar – former marine
John (Preacher) Middleton – cook in Jack’s Bar – former marine
Paige – ran away from ex Wes
Children: Christopher and Dana
Budd – her brother; bossy
Vanessa (Vanni) Rutledge – husband Matt killed in Bagdad
Paul Haggerty – Matt’s best friend
Children: Little Matt and Hannah (adopted from Paul’s friend Teri; dec.)
Walt Booth – Vanni’s dad; retired general; dates Muriel St. Claire; actress
Tommy – Vanni’s brother
North, Stan and Mitch – Paul’s brothers
Nikki Jorgensen – Vanni’s best friend
Carol and Lance – Matt’s parents. Cold people. Tried to fix Vanni up with
Cameron.
Marianne and Stan – Paul’s parents.
Mike Venezula – former marine, former LAPD, now police officer for Virgin
River.
Brie Sheridan – 30 yrs old. Jack’s sister. County DA, ex: Brad cheated on her with her best friend, Christine who is married to Glenn
Children: Ness
Luke Riordan – 36 yrs old. Retired from army; fixed up house and cabins that he recently purchased.
Shelby – Walt’s niece. Took care of mom for 25 years until she died.
Children: Brett Lucas
Luke’s brothers: Colin, Aiden, Sean and Patrick
Cameron – doctor
Abby – Nikki and Vanni’s friend. Her ex Ross is a rock star and left her right after the marriage.
Children: Julia and Justin (twins)
Joe Benson – designs houses for Haggerty Construction. He is Paul’s friend from Marine Corps.
Nikki Jorgensen – Vanni’s best friend.
Aiden Riordan – Luke’s brother. Navy med school.
Erin Foley – lawyer
Children: none so far.
Marcie – Erin’s sister.
Marcie Foley; widow of Bobby (dec.)
Ian Bucannan
Joey – Mel Sheridan’s sister
Bill – her husband
Hope McCrea -- elderly lady; deals in real estate; knows everything and
everyone
Doc Mullins – worked with Mel Sheridan at clinic. He died (Temptation Ridge); left clinic and his money to Mel.
Sam – Jack Sheridan’s father. Lives in Sacramento
His children:
Jack Sheridan – owns Jack’s Bar; married to Mel.
Jeanne – 43 yrs. CPA; married to a developer.
Donna – 45 yrs. College professor; married to a professor.
Mary – 37 yrs. Commercial airline pilot. Married to a real estate broker.
Ricky – joined Marines. (later called Rick).
Lydie Sudder – his grandma.
Liz – Ricky’s girlfriend. Was pregnant with his child (stillborn)
Rick lost a leg. Now goes to college. Will work with Paul and Dan Brady will be his supervisor.
Connie and Ron – own corner store.
Liz – Connie’s niece.
Connie had bypass surgery.
Joy and Bruce – Connie’s friend
Charmaine – waitress in Clear River. Divorced; mother of two.
Harv – lineman for phone company.
Buck Anderson – sheep rancher
Lily – had baby Chloe; left her at Mel’s for Mel to take care of her. Lily died of breast cancer.
Jo and Nick Fitch – rented rooms to Ellie Baldwin – former stripper.
Jo cannot conceived; got close to Ellie’s children.
Darryl and Polly Fishburn – Mel delivered Polly’s baby
June and Jim Hudson (Grace Valley)
June – doctor
Jim – retired law enforcement.
June and Jim Hudson’s friends from Grace Valley:
John and Sue Stone (Grace Valley)
Sue – nurse; is June’s friend
Children: Sydney – 7 yrs
baby boy
Anne and Jeremy Givens
Juliana and Mike Dickson
Tommy Rutledge – Vanni’s younger brother. 18 yrs old. Going to basic
Training then to West Point for four years.
Dan Brady (Shady Brady) – worked in construction at 18. Marines at 25. Works for Paul Haggerty. Saved Jack from fire. Has artificial leg, which he showed Rick. Dates Cheryl
Noah Kincaid – minister
Ellie Baldwin – former stripper. Worked for Noah and fell in love. Rents rooms from Jo and Nick Fitch.
Children: Danielle – 8 yrs. Trevor – 4 yrs.
Maureen Riordan – mother to the Riordan boys: Luke, Colin, Aiden, Sean and Patrick.
George – teacher; loves Maureen
Maureen sold condo and will travel with George in his RV.
Drew Foley – brother of Marcie and Erin; med school resident at UCLA.
Sunny Archer – photographer; visiting her Uncle Nate in Virgin River
CHARACTERS FROM MIDNIGHT CONFESSIONS (2010)
Clay Tahoma – new to Virgin River. Originally from Flagstaff and the Navajo nation. Lately from LA, CA. Works for Nate Jensen.
Isabel – Clay’s ex
Gabe – Clay’s son
Ursula – Clay’s sister
Tom Toopeek – Ursula’s husband. Police Chief in Grace Valley. They have five children.
Lilly Yazhi – Hope Indian. Works in her grandfather Yaz’s fed store. She delivers feed.
Dane – Lilly’s good friend
Jillian and Kelly Matlock – rents one of Luke’s cabins for their vacation, along with their friends Penny and Jackie.
Kelly is a sous chef in San Fran.
Penny – works in Public Relations
Jackie – political analyst
Jillian (Jill) – Vice President in a software company
Denny Cutler – discharged from Marines….came to Virgin River to find his real father.
I finished this around February 28th. (Behind in my blog AGAIN!) I absolutely LOVED this book. Out of the 3 that came out this year, Promise Canyon was just ok, Wild Man Creek was awesome, in fact I thought that was my favorite, but that was until I read Harvest Moon! As I predicted Jillian's sister, Kelly moved to town and lived with Jillian for awhile. She met Greg, who was a writer, and who'd recently moved to Virgin River to get his stepdaughter, Courtney, out of LA. Courtney is a troubled teenager, who recently lost her mom and who was going through the grieving process. She felt like no one wanted her and was tired of feeling like she was being shuffled between Greg and her real dad. I really felt for Courtney. The book ended exactly how I wanted it to and I can't wait to read more about them in next year's books. I really loved Kelly too (she has an AWESOME name!) and really enjoyed hearing about all her cooking. I'm not into cooking, but alot of her recipes sounded good. Some people in my book group were upset that the "regulars" weren't really in this book much. I actually didn't mind that. I think if each book has the same characters, it would get boring after awhile. I enjoyed reading about new people for a change. 
