SummaryShelby MacIntyre has big plans — plans that
include finding Mr. Right. Her dream man will have a
clean-shaven jaw, creases in his pants and hopefully an
advanced degree. What she gets is rugged Luke Riordan.
At twenty-five, after five years as her mother's caregiver,
it's time for Shelby to experience freedom and adventure.
Time for travel, college and romance. But when she visits
Virgin River, she runs into Luke Riordan, decidedly not whom
she has in mind.
A handsome Blackhawk pilot, Luke exited the army after
twenty years, four wars and having been shot out of the sky
three times. At thirty-eight he's tough and jaded. His
major was in one-night stands, with a minor in commitment
avoidance.
Technically, these two are all wrong for one another. But
sometimes what you want and what you need are two different
things...two very good things.
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