Shelter Mountain (Virgin River, #2)

by Robyn Carr

When Paige Lassiter, scared and covered with bruises, comes into his bar with her three-year-old son, Marine John "Preacher" Middleton, immediately drawn to this courageous woman, offers her a safe haven in his arms.

• ISBN10: 1597225932
• ISBN13: 9781597225939
• Publish Date: 30 November 2007 (first published 24 April 2007)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 2 July 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Wheeler Publishing
• Edition: Large type / large print edition
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 565
• Language: English

Reviews

[leelu92]

Holy Moly. This book blew me away. I laughed and I cried. For real... cried. There was joy and immense pain and joy again. I get frustrated when there is no epilogue (thanks KA for ruining me) but with this series everyone just gets rolled in to each book. Preacher and Paige were so sweet and I loved Rick and Liz- their story was soul stirring and I do hope we get to learn more about them at another time as they grow up. As for Mel and Jack... Mel was an effing rockstar....
I'm really looking forward to this series now and I'm hoping we will get a Mike and Brie story!

"You never know where you're going to find courage". ~Mel

[ibeforem]

This was a pretty good second book in the series, keeping us tied to our initial characters, Jack and Mel, but really focusing on other characters in their orbit. This book isn’t just about Preacher and Paige, it’s about Jack and Mel and their baby, Jack’s protege, Rick and his girlfriend, and there’s a significant amount of set-up for the next book, about Jack’s sister Brie and his Marine buddy, Mike. There’s nothing special in the plot, and very few surprises — you know the "wronged", abusive husband isn’t going to go quietly, and the independent, plucky midwife isn’t going to have a routine birth. The strength in this series is in the characters, and Carr is able to make us fall in love with every one of them, even when they are over-the-top and too good to be true.