en-us 2012-04-24 09:12:25 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:12:25 UT 2012-04-16 15:49:44 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:49:44 UT 2012-04-24 09:12:25 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:12:25 UT 1Btxox95X2jhGjoHxCtFHw By: jbarr5 Sunrise Point A Virgin River Novel: Book 3 by Robyn Carr__br__ISBN: 9780778313175__br__Nora, who had at Christmas came to Virgin River and the townspeople had helped__br__her and her two small infants out, is now applying for a job apple picking to__br__help with expenses as her two part-time jobs just don't make a lot.__br__She gets many of the local women to help with the kids so she can work at the__br__orchard til Tom finds out she's been injured. He takes matters into his own hands.__br__He recalls another woman that he fell in love with one season and doesn't want to__br__have that repeated with Nora.__br__They find themselves talking more to one another and realizing they come from__br__very similar backgrounds as far as family goes. Things happen with Nora to reunite__br__with her family and she shares with him what she's been able to find out.__br__As Tom has been busy repairing his orchard fences he enforces that Nora wait for him__br__to pick her up and drop her off from work or the wild animals might mistake her for__br__food. The scenery is very country, everything is wild, flowers, food and animals.__br__Sounds like a heavenly place to grow up where others care about one another and are__br__there to help lend a hand when one is needed.__br__She tries to rebuild her past with help from Jed and the memories she did have that her__br__mother told her never happened, did in fact happen. She's got a lot of healing to do to__br__trust again.__br__Tom has a deceased buddy's wife to visit for a weekend as she's on her way t study at a __br__nearby university. She's just gorgeous and Nora can't compete with even her looks, never __br__mind her clothes or car. __br__Nora needs time to heal still and not feel like she's a failure.__br__Other people in town come back to visit and it brings you up to date with what's going on __br__in their lives. Even if you've never read a virgin river book you are introduced to the people__br__as if you had never read any of the series, but if you have read the prior books it's just a__br__good refresher course in what is the latest with them.__br__Like how this book is so up to date with current events in the country: the BP oil spill and__br__how one of the people in the book are involved or perceived to work in the area and we are__br__told and given different opinions of what's really going on there.__br__choices, so many of them... ]]> 2012-04-16 15:49:44 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:49:44 UT 6mnPK66f1zHGtOpmetYJUw By: gjo50 Nora Crane’s mother had borderline mental problems, leaving Nora, herself, vulnerable to the first guy who looked her way. Then he left her with two babies, severely low self-esteem, and memories of abuse in the middle of the tiny town of Virgin River. Desperate to find employment, Nora decides to walk three miles to an apple orchard that is hiring where she meets Tom Cavanaugh, a veteran ready to settle down on his family orchard. Unfortunately, Tom does not want a connection to someone that comes with children and problems. __br__This is a fun romance, with interesting characters and setting. The reader roots for Nora as she attempts to pull herself out of her problems. This story is cleaner than most and a light read. Great addition to a good series, but it does well as a read alone novel. Recommended for those who are looking for a better than average romance.__br__Received Galley from NetGalley.com__br__ ]]>