Wild Man Creek
Written by Robyn Carr
Narrated by Thérèse Plummer
4.5/5
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About this audiobook
Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recupe ate from a horrific helicopter crash,
the scars of which he bears inside and out. His family is wonderfully supportive, but
it’s his art that truly soothes his troubled soul.
Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock
has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River. She’s looking
forward to cultivating something other than a corporate brand.
Both are looking to simplify, not complicate, their lives, but when Jillian finds
Colin at his easel in her yard, there’s an instant connection. And in Virgin River,
sometimes love is the simplest choice of all …
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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Reviews for Wild Man Creek
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wow, I’m so glad Robyn Carr’s 2011 Virgin River trilogy is turning out to be so much stronger than the trio from 2010. I swore I’d give up on the series a number of books ago, but now I’m glad I persisted. Usually when something has been going on this long the author feels the need to bring in heaps of new characters and plotlines – and they often seem second-rate. But Carr’s ‘new start’ at a dozen or so books in actually worked in her favour. I get that Carr has a massive fanbase and I’ve always been in the minority in my opinions. Even though aspects of the series have always driven me insane (they could have renamed the series 'The Nurse Mel Variety Show'), the excellent writing has always had me coming back for more. I love the main couple in this one, and I loved Jack’s big fancy side story (even though it made me sad). This isn’t a five star read because it’s a bit too slow-going for me, but basically the things I complained about endlessly in the past are gone. Do not start the series here, because while you might enjoy the main relationship, this series has a huge cast and we do visit many of them. This Book Jillian is caught up in a horrible sexual harassment suit at the company she more or less started. Forced out, she heads back to Virgin River (she visited in the last book). Colin was a helicopter pilot in the Army but had a horrific crash in the last book and now – after rehab for an addiction to painkillers – is in Virgin River trying to figure out what to do with his life now. I loved this couple. I especially loved Colin. Robyn Carr’s heroes are pretty much always too good to be true, but Colin was great because he was a normal man!! In the last book there was a MASSIVE focus on horses and working with horses. In this one it was all about growing vegetables and herbs - it's not something I know about or much care about either. Jillian has given up her fancy corporate career and turned to this instead. Now, yes, I come from a family of Soviet peasants who grew all their own stuff even when they arrived in Australia, but I have no gardening gene. We have this great thing called a supermarket, and all I really want to know about cherry tomatoes or asparagus is the price. If you haven’t been with Virgin River since the beginning this probably won’t be such a good read for you. Though we rarely venture from the main few plotlines, there is time spent with characters you won’t feel any connection with. But seriously, come on Ms Carr! Throw me a Brie and Mike bone. You spend so much time talking about Jack’s close family, but we never see them! So, why do I prefer these later books? How the old Virgin River books went * Hero or heroine turns up in town, all ready and set to give up on everything in their life and discover the greatness of the commune-style little mountain town. * Meanwhile in the clinic, Mel examines a pregnant woman, lectures someone about breast checks, and tells a young virgin she needs two forms of birth control. * Hero or heroine meets local future spouse at ‘Jack’s Bar’, where there’s a reunion for a bunch of Marines. The only conversation topics these tough war heroes can think of are how great pregnancy is and babies are. (Yeah, right.) * A couple of old fogies who are vaguely related to the main characters share a bottle of wine and give each other advice on lubricant after menopause, because, "We get so dry down there.” * Mel nags Jack. Hero and heroine have sex. Mel delivers a baby. Hero and heroine allude to having more sex while other aspects of their relationship develop. * Mel delivers another baby while the entire population of the town has a ‘home birthing party’ a couple of metres down the hall. Old fogies discuss possible erectile dysfunction. * Mel nags Jack. We visit some random other characters for fifty pages. Mel delivers another baby and lectures the woman on two forms of birth control. * Hero and heroine celebrate their happily ever after by trying for many babies immediately – even though they’ve only been together a couple of weeks. How the new Virgin River books go * First of all, the writing is good. It’s often funny. So much of the text is quote-worthy. The banter between the main couple is fun. * We meet the hero and heroine separately. They are both strong but damaged characters who have connections to Virgin River. Their relationship develops over some time, and it’s about them and how they learn to trust each other. * Other characters come and go, but the books have a more obvious focus now. Jack still plays a fairly large part in the story, but while Mel does occasionally turn up to lecture Jack and help ‘improve’ him through excessive nagging, we don’t have to suffer through mammogram parties or birthing emergencies, and Vanni isn’t around to breastfeed twice every chapter. * While the stories can become a little too heavily-laden with details about ‘specialised interests’ (like horses or growing vegetables) I’m happy with a bit of skim reading to get back to the good story. I actually finish the book without feeling nauseous or confused. So there. If nothing else, we learn that the great and perfect town of Virgin River didn't fall when the health lessons ended. You know what? Mel didn’t tell Jillian and Colin about her birth control theory; they didn’t follow it; and everything worked out just fine.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is one of my favorite books in the series. I liked the adventure and romance in this book. Jill is my favorite character in this book. I like how she examines her life and makes changes. This book caused me to think about how sometimes we need to slow down , enjoy life and be willing to try something new like the characters in this book. I loved the ending of this book.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Another excellent Virgin River installment. The central romance was really sweet and passionate and well worth the read. Additionally, the other Virgin River characters were just great and it was good to get more insight into their lives.