Title: Temptation Ridge (A Virgin River Novel)
Author: Robyn Carr
Publisher: Mira Books
Series: Virgin River #6
Reviewed By: Arlena Dean
Rating: 5
Reviewed:

"Temptation Ridge" by Robyn Carr was a beautiful contemporary novel of the Virgin River #6 that featured three romances. The main storyline was of Shelby McIntyre and Luke Riordan...then it moves on to Walt Booth and Muriel and lastly Abby MacCall and Cameron Michaels. Be prepared for a read of not only romances that are going on in this small California town but where you will find the people will come together in sadness, in rescue times, along with plenty of babies being born, pregnancies, town near disaster, abuse, a homeless man with 'Down's Syndrome,' and a town drunk.

The characters were all well developed, believable and colorful bring out a well written read of suspense, humorous, tearful and even some sexy scenes that will keep you interested turning the pages to see what will happen nest.

I found "Temptation Ridge"a well written romance novel that I would definitely recommend to you as very good read.

 

I liked this book. I liked how the book was mainly focused on the romance and not a lot of side plots. However, the side plot that was there annoyed me. lol. It was just a set up for the next book/series and we did not need it. I liked Nora. I wish I had liked Tom (I liked him but his growth needed to be more) a bit more and kind of wish he had been forced to woo her at a certain point and that even though we have a nice discussion of women's range of valid choices she had/or would in the future invest in herself a bit. But all in all a solid book in this series. There is a dig at vampire romance that is funny.

I think this is the last book in this series. I'm not completely sure, but it seems like it could be. There's information in it about her new Thunder Point series, but nothing about the next book in this one. And I've seen nothing about it on the internet. I don't know if I'm happy or sad about the idea of it.

I'm glad Patrick got his HEA. I wish I could say the same about Ange, but I didn't even know her until this book! At least both of them have ties to VR, Patrick through his brothers and Ange through Jack and Brie (her uncle and aunt).

Meh. This story never really took off for me.

Naval aviator Patrick Riordan is on a six week leave after suffering the loss of his best friend during a mission of which Patrick (Paddy) was the leader. He's going through PTSD and grief and he has an unhealthy obsession with taking care of his best friend's widow and young son. I get it, he's going through a horrible time and his actions aren't necessarily logical. But then he needs to go through it. His phone conversations with the aforementioned widow are redundant. Again and again they say pretty much the same things to each other in a vaguely different way. Nothing pushes him to the next stage of his transition. We just go along the same track for the entire book.

Erstwhile med school student Angie LaCroix (Jack Sheridan's niece) is in town seeking recovery as well. She suffered traumatic injuries in a serious car accident and now she's rethinking her original life's plan. Just like Paddy.

They fit well together, I liked that they got along right away. I liked Angie quite a bit, particularly when she was purposefully getting under her uncle's skin.

But Paddy's story sucks the life out of it. It was unemotional and just laid there until the very end. When he was with Angie, it was great. When he was in any other scene he was annoying and watered down. Which was disappointing because he was a very promising leading man at the start.

My favorite Virgin River book is Virgin River Christmas. I love a good holiday story and that one has all the appropriate angst and provides a powerful emotional arc for the hero as well as for the heroine. This one has similar traits, but doesn't come close to measuring up.