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    Moonlight Road
    Moonlight Road
    Moonlight Road
    Audiobook11 hours

    Moonlight Road

    Written by Robyn Carr

    Narrated by Therese Plummer

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    About this audiobook

    A RITA Award winner, New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr has garnered critical acclaim for her wildly
    popular series set in the mountain community of Virgin River, California. This 10th entry features a scruffy-looking
    physician and a prickly lawyer.

    With her younger siblings now on their own, attorney Erin Foley has empty nest syndrome at age 35. Planning
    to reassess her life, she finds refuge in a secluded cabin near Virgin River. But Erin never expects to be spooked by
    a shaggy-haired mountain man wielding a machete. Beneath his faded fatigues and bushy beard, Aiden Riordan is
    actually a 36-year-old doctor on a summer sabbatical. Intrigued by the pretty, slightly snooty Erin, he’d love to know
    her better—if only his unkempt appearance and crazy ex-wife don’t get in the way.

    As Carr skillfully intertwines the lives of two polar opposites, Thérèse Plummer’s narration highlights the humor
    and romance of this enthralling tale.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateNov 5, 2010
    ISBN9781449836610
    Moonlight Road
    Author

    Robyn Carr

    Robyn Carr is an award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty novels, including highly praised women's fiction such as Four Friends and The View From Alameda Island and the critically acclaimed Virgin River, Thunder Point and Sullivan's Crossing series. Virgin River is now a Netflix Original series. Robyn lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Visit her website at www.RobynCarr.com.

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    • 5/5
      This book had some suspenseful moments . I liked it . I look forward to seeing what happens with the Rideron family. I like how these books deal with issuses women face. Mel faces a difficult issue and I like Jack helps her deal with it bringing them together not apart. Look forward to listening to the next book.
    • 5/5
      Excellent continuation of the Virgin River series. A must read to follow Mel & Jack's story. Also loving those Riordan brothers =)
    • 4/5
      Erin was pushed into taking a leave from her job, so she comes to her brother-in-law's Virgin River cabin to hide out for a while. Aiden is taking time off after leaving the Navy to decide what's next, staying near his brother in Virgin River. Letting his hair and beard grown, and taking long hikes in fatigues, he scares Erin when he spies her at her remote cabin. But after he scares off a bear that got into Erin's house, she decides he's OK. Back story of older widow Maureen hooking up with Noah's seminary professor, and agreeing to travel the country with him in an RV, sending her sons into apoplexy.
    • 4/5
      The Virgin River series by Robyn Carr is like a visit with family. It's nice to see what is going on in the town, and what new people you may meet along the way.

      With her younger siblings settled and happy, Erin Foley has empty nest syndrome. At age thirty Five.

      So she's hitting the pause button on her life and holing up in a secluded cabin near Virgin River. Erin is planning on getting to know herself... not some shaggy-haired mountain man.
      In fact beneath his faded fatigues and bushy beard Aiden Riordan is a doctor, recharging for a summer after leaving the navy. He is intrigued by the pretty, slightly snotty refugee from the rat race. He'd love to get closer...if his scruffy exterior and crazy ex-wife don't hold his back.
    • 5/5
      Again, Robyn Carr proves that she can make you fall in love with Virgin River again and again.In a new perspective of Virgin River, we know more about some secondary characters, like Aiden and Erin, and be in touch with all the others.This is what I like the most about Robyn Carr novels, especially these ones, everything is told, the new as a place with the old and you can feel a continuous sense of gathering and love. That is what Virgin River is to me, a safe harbor.Also, it's funny, tragic and beautiful. It's a ray of light for those who need to feel a little loved.
    • 5/5
      Moonlight Road was another fabulous installment in Robyn Carr's Virgin River series. This one focuses primarily on the rather large and still growing Riordan clan. We also get to see a fair bit of Ian and Marcie (A Virgin River Christmas) for the first time since their book. Many other current and former Virgin River residents pop in for a visit although some are merely in the background. This time the story was a little less about the town, and a little more about both Aiden and Erin's family ties. I absolutely loved this though, because the Riordans and Foleys still projected that warmth and comfort that I've come to expect from a Virgin River novel.Like all of his brothers and many of the male residents of Virgin River, Aiden is a military man, ex-Navy to be precise. Not wanting to be assigned to a ship again for the next two years, he resigns his commission to look for work in the private sector. Out of all the Riordan boys, Aiden is the one who has wanted a wife and children the most, but also the one who has had the worst luck with women. After his brief but tempestuous marriage to a “crazy woman,” he's been rather wary of relationships despite his desire for a family. He finally realized that being in the Navy wasn't helping any in his search for the right woman. Before finding a steady job and settling down, he decides to sojourn in Virgin River for a few months while awaiting the birth of his first nephew. In my opinion, Aiden leans toward being a beta hero. As an OB/GYN, he's very sensitive toward women's issues, and overall, he's a pretty romantic guy. Even though he doesn't exactly get off on the right foot with Erin, which leaves her less than accommodating, he is very gentle and takes the time to get to know her. I love how he was secretly doing little things for her without her knowing about them. He was kind of her own personal gardening and handyman fairy which was really cute. It was also incredibly romantic how he gave Erin the prom that she'd missed out on, and I love how he taught her to just relax and have fun. Add to all this the fact that Aiden is a tender lover who patiently awakens Erin to things she's been missing, and he's pretty much the perfect guy. I've liked Aiden since he was first introduced in Luke's book, so I was very excited to finally get to his book. It certainly didn't disappoint, and I think he found the perfect match in Erin.When Erin was first introduced in Marcie and Ian's book as the meddling older sister, I had a hard time warming up to her. After reading this book, I realize that she was simply a misunderstood character. Erin has spent her whole life taking care of her family and basically missed out on some of her formative growing up years. I have to say that I admire her commitment to her brother and sister. She was a very strong woman to put herself through law school while taking care of them. Now that both of them have lives of their own and have moved out, she's feeling adrift, not knowing what to do with herself. After doing a major remodel on Ian's primitive old cabin to make it livable, Erin takes a long leave from work and comes to Virgin River looking for a peaceful place to learn how to be alone. Sadly, she can't seem to find anything to do that interests and excites her until a scruffy-looking mountain man comes walking out of the forest into her clearing. Being a girly-girl who's into designer clothes and such, she's none too impressed with him at first, but when she finds out how nicely he cleans up, she can't help being attracted. She'd dated occasionally, but never had a serious relationship. Her already too-full life simply didn't allow for it, and most of the guys she went out with didn't really float her boat either. Aiden is different than anyone she'd known before and seems to intuitively know how to make her feel good. I enjoyed watching the personal journey Erin went on and how she grew throughout the story.Of course, this wouldn't be a Virgin River novel without lots of secondary characters, some of whom get their own POV scenes. Luke and Shelby are eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child while dealing with some new developments for Art, the young man with Down's Syndrome who became their charge. I love how Robyn Carr gives everyone an opportunity for romance regardless of age or disability, so I thought the little side plot about Art reconnecting with his “girlfriend” was really sweet. Sean returns from his tour in Iraq, but he, Franci, and Rosie are only around for a short while before heading off to his next assignment. Momma Maureen makes good on her plan to spend her retirement traveling the country with her boyfriend, George, in their new luxury RV, which surprises a few of her offspring, and their first stop is Virgin River to be there for the baby's birth. Erin's sister, Marcie, and her husband, Ian, are also about to become first-time parents, which is partly why Erin decided to vacation fairly close to home. The only townspeople who have a major part in this book are Jack and Mel who experience a little trouble in paradise as they disagree over whether to have another child, which would be a big undertaking since Mel had a hysterectomy. I have to admit that I was a little worried about this part of the story, but I'm very pleased with how it all turned out. Lastly, was the villain, Aiden's crazy ex, Annalee. I felt so bad for Aiden for all that she put him through, both during their marriage and when she returns in this book. I'm glad that Erin didn't doubt Aiden for long and instead, trusted the things he said even though she didn't exactly have proof. Very few villains make me as angry as Annalee did, so I guess that's a testament to Robyn Carr's writing skill.Moonlight Road got off to an incredibly amusing start with Erin accidentally knocking herself out when Aiden walked out of the forest looking like a homeless man, carrying a machete. From there it runs a gamut of emotions with lots of warm family interactions as all the Riordans come together for the birth of Luke and Shelby's baby. It wraps up with some high suspense, but I won't say any more about that because I don't want to give anything away. Overall, it was another great addition to this already wonderful series that I highly recommend.
    • 4/5
      I think this was my favourite book in this set of new books. Erin Foley is suffering from Empty Nest Syndrome after her younger siblings – which she helped to raise – have moved out and she is lost on what to do with herself. Aiden has recently left the Navy and is enjoying a summer break with his family in Virgin River, and is trying to figure out what to do with the rest of his life. Their first encounter was humourous and Erin believes Aiden is down on his luck – which he allows her to continue to believe. I did find this amusing as their initial interactions were about hiding behind different impressions of each other, but it allowed them to open up in a fun way. Robyn Carr has a great approach to humour and I loved how she implemented it with Aiden and especially later with the rest of the Riordans. And their interplay felt realistic but with a sense of fun.

      I also loved how Aiden would help tend her garden that Erin tries to start while she’s holidaying in the woods. However it’s not something she’s happy with in her new setting, and she is quite lonely. And her garden – which is pretty lack lustre with her plants/veggies failing to grow – reflects her situation, where she’s alone and is unable to care and nurture for those she cares about. So I thought it was a wonderful symbolism that Aiden is the one who helps tend her garden, and it becomes a success and reflects what’s happening with them.

      But soon after they embark in a relationship, Aiden’s ex crazy wife shows up. Although I don’t think she was literally crazy – just an ex from hell. I did enjoy the conflict that she brought to Aiden, and the people around him. Out of the ‘villains’ of these three books, Annalee felt the most real out of them, and made the most impact for me as her manipulative actions didn’t feel forced. I also think Aiden and Erin were my favourite couple who really complimented each other, and I loved the gentle humour and wit they shared.

      I give Moonlight Road a 4 out of 5
    • 4/5
      Amazon preorder

      Like most of the books that I read long series for, these have continuations of stories (not everybody - that would be just namechecking in long series) but some updates and continuing character development of couples from earlier books.

      One of the reasons I think I like these series is the women - they are varied - not just teachers, librarians, and bookstore owners (not that there is anything wrong with any of those.)

      This one has a tax lawyer who is in her mid thirties who raised younger siblings, and an OB GYN who got his medical degree in the military and has just gotten out of the service.

      There may be slightly too many crazy exes over the series, and a lot of them are ex military. It also romanticizes small town/rural living. But I continue to look forward to these and enjoyed this one.
    • 5/5
      My ReviewErin Foley came to Virginia River looking to get away for her hectic life. She’s a high profile lawyer, who was forced to raise her siblings after loosing both of her parents. She is at a cross-road in her life. With both of her siblings now out of the house and moving on with their lives, Erin has decided to stay in her families cabin in Virgin River for the summer. She just wants to relax and make some decisions in her life. To bad the sexy Aiden Riordan , had other plans for Ms. Foley. After fourteen years with the Navy, Dr. Riordan has left the military. He came to Virgin River to visit family, and re-evaluate his career as naval doctor.I first want to state for the record that Aiden Riordan has been my favorite Virgin River male lead character. He has that night in shining armor sort of feel. He’s handsome. He’s sweet. He’s strong. He’s smart. And he loves children. What more could any women want? Maybe someone without a crazy ex-wife! ; ) I enjoyed taking another look at the Riordan family. How can one family have so many amazing men? I also enjoyed reading about Erin and her family. She has given so much of her life to other people, and she wasn’t given the chance to life her life for herself. And then Aiden has given her that chance. One of my favorite parts of this series, is the fact that it centers around a main cast of characters. I did feel like the last two books in this series missed this point. I was very happy to see the Jack and Mel sub-plot find its way back into the series. They will always be my favorite Virgin River couple. I really enjoyed the newest book in Robyn Carr’s Virgin River Series. Just like the others in this series, this book was funny, romantic, honest, and full of hope. I have devoured this series in a matter of weeks and would recommend them to anyone seeking to get away for a few hours.My RatingsPlot: 4/5Setting: 4/5Writing: 5/5Originality of Plot: 4/5Characters Development: 5/5Ending: 4/5Cover Art: 3/5Overall: 29/35 = 82%