california, northern

After eighteen happy years of marriage, Liz Sutherland must learn to cope with the sudden death of her husband, deal with caring for five children alone, and navigate the complexities of a new relationship.

At Nideck Point mansion, Reuben Golden's efforts to master his wolf nature are interrupted by the Morphenkinder's Midwinter Yuletide festival and a tormented ghost who reveals the existence of a strange netherworld.

Melinda Monroe, desperate for a change after the death of her husband and too many years working at the county hospital in Los Angeles, answers an ad for a nurse practitioner/midwife in the small California town of Virgin River, but she arrives to find the pictures and promises the led her to take the job were all lies, and only the discovery of an abandoned infant on the doorstep of the town's elderly doctor convinces her of the need to stay.

Marine Paul Haggerty struggles with the decision to follow his heart and pursue a relationship with Vanni, the widow of one of his comrades who just gave birth to a son and whom he has always loved, or stand by his lover who is carrying his child.

Marine corporal Rick Sudder, a favorite son who has returned home to Virgin River after being wounded in Iraq, and Dan Brady, a man looking to leave his questionable past behind and start over, both find refuge in the small mountain town and in the love they never expected to find.

Young, widowed reverend Noah Kincaid buys the abandoned church in Virgin River, California, and hires Ellie Baldwin to help him get the building back in shape, not realizing that the brassy and beautiful woman, who needs the job in order to win her children back from foster care, is going to steal his heart.

Sean Riordan, a U-2 pilot stationed at Beale Air Force Base in Northern California, split with Franci Duncan four years ago because he was not ready to settle down, but when he bumps into her in Virgin River he discovers his feelings for her are still strong, and when he learns he has a three-year-old daughter, he knows he must find a way to earn Franci's trust and win her heart again.

In 1970, a group of California hippies migrates to Alaska when the law begins to cramp their style, but soon their new home's harsh environment cramps it even more.

After his ex-girlfriend, Carly, is murdered, high-school student Neily teams up with her cousin, Audrey, to investigate the murder.

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