"A wonderful romance between battered souls brings us back to Carr's Virgin River"
Reviewed by Sandra Wurman
Posted December 27, 2011
Romance Contemporary
People come to Virgin River for all sorts of reasons. For
Leslie Petruso it is a way to salvage her badly bruised ego
and hopefully gain back some self respect. Maybe Leslie will
even be able to find the part of her she lost so many years
ago -- since her doomed marriage to a man with his sights
set on a public life. However that wasn't all Greg had set
his sights on -- he had also zeroed on an attractive
attorney who he claimed had stolen his heart. Greg wasn't
all bad -- but there was a self-centered part of him that
overrode any possibility of finding the good. It didn't help
that his new wife is now very pregnant and that the entire
town looked at Leslie with that pity look. No way could
Leslie reclaim any strength as long as that pervasive look
existed -- and in Virgin River she is far away from her
world with Greg. Well that's what she thought. Funny how bad
news follows you. Conner Danson was actually placed in Virgin River because of
its small town off the map existence. Conner had witnessed a
brutal murder and after receiving believable threats the
D.A. had to place Conner somewhere hopefully safe prior to
his court testimony. Talk about trying to do the right
thing. It isn't in Conner's nature to follow any other path
-- not that he is overly righteous but he never will walk
away from doing the responsible thing. Neither Leslie nor Conner's lives have any room for romance
or any kind of involvement but it quickly became obvious
that this thing between them is something real and has
promise. And they both deserved a break in the love
department. Conner's split with his ex is enough to drive a
man to be overly cautious before committing to anyone else.
Leslie's ex is becoming an albatross and even her most
hilarious attempts to ward off his new desire for friendship
just aren't getting the job done. Between the two of them,
the baggage is just unbelievable. But what they lacked in
separate positive histories they more than make up with the
chemistry, trust, and humor and hopefully love brewing
between them.
Once again there is no lack for humor and witty conversation
as well as deep feelings of warmth for the characters we
meet over and over again in Robyn Carr's series set in
Virgin River. In HIDDEN SUMMIT, the characters personalities
literally leap off the page. As always the ending comes too
soon and leaves you wanting more -- and hopefully there are
enough hanging threads to warrant still another installment.
As you can readily see I'm totally smitten with Carr.
SUMMARY
Sick of running into her cheery ex-husband and his new wife,
Leslie Petruso accepts a job at the Virgin River branch of
Haggerty Construction and takes the high road right out of
town. Now she’s got Paul Haggerty’s business running like a
well-oiled machine. In fact, things are so busy Paul jumps
at the chance to hire an extra set of hands. Just like Leslie, Conner Danson has been burned by love. But
Leslie was disappointed by her relationship going bad,
Conner was decimated. He’s got no time for woman...although
he spends an awful lot of time pretending not to notice
Leslie. And she’s pretty busy “ignoring” the chemistry
between them. According to Conner and Leslie, they have only one thing in
common—they’re done with love. But everyone in Virgin River
can see that things are heating up at Haggerty Construction.
And as far as Paul Haggerty can tell, the best thing he can
do is hang on to his hard hat and watch the sparks fly!
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