He finds that woman in Brie Sheridan, a Sacramento prosecutor who understands his drive to protect and serve. Twice divorced and the lover of too many women, he secretly longs for the kind of commitment and happiness his marine buddies have found a woman who can tie up his heart forever. When he agrees to become the town’s first cop, he does so knowing it’s time he settled down. Marine reservist, LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela was badly wounded in the line of duty, but has found hope and healing in Virgin River. The tightly knit community of Virgin River has been a safe haven for more than a few lost souls over the years and there’s always room for more…Ī decorated U.S. Sooner or later, love will have its way in Grace Valley. So when the town’s most devoted wife takes buckshot to her husband and some human bones turn up in her aunt Myrna’s backyard, she’s almost happy for the distraction. Though visits from her secret lover, undercover DEA agent Jim Post, are as clandestine as they are passionate, somehow it fits with her demanding schedule as the town’s doctor a calling that requires an innate ability to exist on caffeine, sticky buns and nerves of steel.īut how can a secret lover compete with a flesh and blood heartthrob from her past? June’s old flame has just returned to town after twenty years and he’s divorced.

June Hudson has managed to keep one heck of a humdinger. In a town like this, it’s hard to keep a secret but Dr. Here in this peaceful community, folks look out for one another like family, though sometimes a little too well. Welcome back to Grace Valley, California, where the best things in life never change

Everybody has secrets down in the valley. Grace Valley is not exactly the place to meet eligible men until an undercover DEA agent suddenly starts appearing at all sorts of strange hours. Which is a good thing, since this is a town where you should have picked your husband in the ninth grade. She is always on call, her work is her life and these people are her extended family. For June, her emergency room is wherever she’s needed or wherever a patient finds her. Some might say she chose the easy, comfortable route…īut June knows better. Leaving only to get her medical training, she returned home and followed in her father’s footsteps. June Hudson grew up in Grace Valley, the daughter of the town doctor. But visitors don’t always see what lies at the heart of a community. Unlocked doors, front porches, pies cooling in the windows this is country life at its finest. Welcome to Grace Valley, California where blood runs thicker…Īnd love is all the more sweet Visitors to the town often remark about the valley’s peace and beauty both of which are plentiful.

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