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A Virgin River Christmas: A Novel (A Virgin River Novel, 4)
Return to Virgin River for the holidays in this uplifting tale from the beloved series by New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr. Now a Netflix series!
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie's letters to Ian have gone unanswered.
Marcie tracks Ian to the tiny mountain town of Virgin River and finds a man as wounded emotionally as Bobby was physically. But she is not easily scared off. As Marcie pushes her way into his rugged and reclusive life, she discovers a sweet but damaged soul beneath a rough exterior.
Ian doesn't know what to make of the determined young widow who forces him to look into the painful past and, what's worse, the uncertain future. But it is, after all, a season of miracles and maybe, just maybe, it's time to banish the ghosts and open his heart.
Originally published in 2008
Last Christmas Marcie Sullivan said a final goodbye to her husband, Bobby. This Christmas she's come to Virgin River to find the man who saved his life and gave her three more years to love him.
Fellow marine Ian Buchanan dragged Bobby's shattered body onto a medical transport in Fallujah four years ago, then disappeared as soon as their unit arrived stateside. Since then, Marcie's letters to Ian have gone unanswered.
Marcie tracks Ian to the tiny mountain town of Virgin River and finds a man as wounded emotionally as Bobby was physically. But she is not easily scared off. As Marcie pushes her way into his rugged and reclusive life, she discovers a sweet but damaged soul beneath a rough exterior.
Ian doesn't know what to make of the determined young widow who forces him to look into the painful past and, what's worse, the uncertain future. But it is, after all, a season of miracles and maybe, just maybe, it's time to banish the ghosts and open his heart.
Originally published in 2008
Editorial Reviews
"Carr is a master of charming small-town ambience." -Publishers Weekly on Return to Virgin River
"The Virgin River books are so compelling-I connected instantly with the characters and just wanted more and more and more." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber
"Carr has hit her stride with this captivating series."-Library Journal on the Virgin River series
"Good people saving a child, a feisty boy overcoming his disabilities, and friendship between people who have survived tragedy are some of the feel-good elements readers expect from Carr, and make for warm and fuzzy feelings." --Booklist on The Country Guesthouse
"A heart-grabber that won't let readers go until the very end.... A rewarding (happy) story that will appeal across the board and might require a hanky or two."
-Library Journal, starred review, on What We Find
"The small town camaraderie, the colorful mountain locale, and straightforward prose highlight the down-to-earth players making this a fun and delightful tale." -New York Journal of Books on The Best of Us
"The Virgin River books are so compelling-I connected instantly with the characters and just wanted more and more and more." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber
"Carr has hit her stride with this captivating series."-Library Journal on the Virgin River series
"Good people saving a child, a feisty boy overcoming his disabilities, and friendship between people who have survived tragedy are some of the feel-good elements readers expect from Carr, and make for warm and fuzzy feelings." --Booklist on The Country Guesthouse
"A heart-grabber that won't let readers go until the very end.... A rewarding (happy) story that will appeal across the board and might require a hanky or two."
-Library Journal, starred review, on What We Find
"The small town camaraderie, the colorful mountain locale, and straightforward prose highlight the down-to-earth players making this a fun and delightful tale." -New York Journal of Books on The Best of Us
Readers Top Reviews
Mrs. L. LawsonCharlo
Another love story to read for Christmas Virgin river a place where there are no differences with the people who all come together to help each other.
Kindle
This was a lovely story, I loved the characters and the storyline. It will definitely go into my favourites and I will enjoy reading it again.
Rose
Loved this book, love the town of Virgin River. Marcie spends days looking for her late husband's best friend, a mountain man who bares his teeth and then growls at her- the start of a sweet romance.
Angela Raspberry
I've never read anything by Robyn Carr, but I was interested in the military aspect of the book. In the beginning I thought Marcie came across as a wimpy kind of loser but then once she finds Ian her personality changes. She becomes more assertive in several ways. The language gets coarser and the pheremones fill the air. The difference was noticeable although I'm not sure that was intentional or not. Ms Carr did have me in tears as Marcie described how the entire family took care of Bobby and his last day. All in all I enjoyed the story. I may have to read the entire series if it's as good as other reviewers say.
Kate Vale
One of the Virgin River series, this is a great tale written in the inimical Carr style that keeps us familiar with several other characters in this little mountain town while helping us know Marcie Sullivan, an Iraq widow whose husband's best friend, Ian Buchanan, has disappeared after Bobby's shattered body is returned home to be cared for by his wife for three years before he dies. Marcie needs closure and seems to think that giving her late husband's baseball cards to Ian will begin her movement toward acceptance so that she can move forward. But Ian has been hiding behind a bushy beard and on a mountain away from people except when he chooses to interact with others. Their first reconnect is just plain scary for her, but also for him as she worms her way into his life and begins to help him show his sweet, caring side, the side that saved her husband from death thousands of miles away from home. Virgin River helps both of these compelling characters to heal so that they can move ahead. Perhaps even together! Merry Christmas!
