

Mel’s ready to pack her things, until an abandoned newborn on her doorstep and a handsome Marine named Jack (Martin Henderson) compel her to stay in Virgin River for good. But what seems like a picture-perfect new life is disrupted by a record-scratch moment: her new home is barely habitable, and the doctor she’ll be working with is hardly welcoming.

She’s a recently widowed midwife who moves to a tiny mountain village for a fresh start. The first novel in the series, Virgin River, follows Melinda Monroe, portrayed on the show by Alexandra Breckinridge. Major spoilers for Netflix’s Virgin River and Robyn Carr’s Virgin River series follow. Fans of the Netflix series can’t wait to get back to Mel and Jack’s love story, but many of Carr’s loyal readers have noticed some major differences in the Virgin River books and the show. Based on Robyn Carr’s 20-book series, Netflix’s Virgin River just had its Season 3 premiere on July 9.
