2 Bloggers 1 Series - Shelter Mountain (Virgin River #2)

 

Stormi and I are at it again this month reading the next book in the Virgin River series.  Neither of us could wait to see what Preacher's tale had to offer. So read on for my thoughts and then hop over to Stormi's  at Books, Movies, Reviews! Oh My! to see what she thought.

TITLE: Shelter Mountain (Virgin River #2)

AUTHOR: Robyn Carr

PUBLISHER: Mira

PUBLISHING DATE: May 1, 2007

PAGES: 399

SOURCE: Library

FROM GOODREADS: 

For the second time in a year, a woman arrives in the small town of Virgin River trying to escape her past. 

John "Preacher" Middleton is about to close the bar when a young woman and her three-year-old son come in out of the wet October night. A marine who has seen his share of pain, Preacher knows a crisis when he sees one—the woman is covered in bruises. He wants to protect them, and to punish whoever did this, but he knows immediately that this is more than just instinct. Paige Lassiter has stirred up emotions in this gentle giant of a man—emotions that he has never allowed himself to feel. 

Then Paige's ex-husband turns up in Virgin River. And if there's one thing the marines' motto of Semper Fi—always faithful—has taught Preacher, it's that some things are worth fighting for.

MY THOUGHTS: I was really excited to read Preacher's book as he is easily one of my favorite characters from the Netflix show.  Although there are some notable differences, I found myself drawn into Preacher and Paige's story and couldn't wait to see the outcome.

Late one rainy night Paige and her young son Christopher, stumbles across Jack's bar and find Preacher working alone.  Preacher can tell that Paige is alone and scared and offers her a place to stay until her son, who seems ill, feels better.  Paige is hesitant but finally does what she feels she needs to do for her son.  As time progresses, Preacher learns just to what extent Paige was victimized by her husband and a he helps her regain her independence and get away from Wes once and for all, he begins to have feelings even he didn't expect.

Preacher and Paige is a very slow burn relationship.  If you enjoy that type of thing, this is definitely the book for you.  And while I definitely enjoyed the buildup, at times I wanted to slap Preacher.  I loved watching how comforting and tender he was with Chris and how protective he becomes of Chris.

This book still provides plenty of plot focused on other characters such as Jack, Mel, Rick and Lizzie.  I don't want to provide much detail almost all would count as spoilers but it definitely added a lot to the series development.

So I figure we will continue on with this series which is over 20 books long eventually.  We don't want to burnout, which is possible since neither of us read lots of romance so we are switching up next month.  However, Shelter Mountain was definitely a hit and I highly recommend the series. 

RATING: 5 Paws (mainly because it's Preacher - I won't lie)