Carr, Robyn

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.

The survival instincts of a divorced Los Angeles lawyer are tested to the limits when she moves to Colorado and meets a man with a mysterious past.