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Part cookbook, part story collection, this volume pairs favorite Virgin River holiday novellas—Under the Christmas Tree and Midnight Confessions—with recipes inspired by Jack’s Bar, local kitchens and the characters who gather around the town’s giant Christmas tree.

Suspense novelist Kaylee Sloan retreats to Virgin River to mourn her mother and beat writer’s block, only to find the cabin she rented has just burned down. Adopted animals, a spare guesthouse and a patient dog trainer slowly pull her into the town’s embrace—and into love.

This anthology gathers three connected stories—Under the Christmas Tree, Midnight Confessions and Backward Glance—blending Virgin River holiday romances with a contemporary second‑chance love story about a single mother and the handyman next door.

Nora Crane has survived abandonment, poverty and two small daughters; what she needs now is a steady paycheck. Seasonal apple‑picking work brings her to Tom Cavanaugh’s family orchard, where the ex‑Marine farmer learns that the practical, exhausted young mother doesn’t fit his idea of the perfect wife—but may be exactly what he needs.

Widowed mom Katie Malone is driving two restless five‑year‑old boys through the mountains when a flat tire leaves them stranded in the rain. A group of bikers stops to help, including Dylan Childress, a former child star whose charm shakes her resolve to stay cautious.

Medical student Angie LaCroix is still recovering from a near‑fatal car accident and a shaken sense of purpose when she escapes to a remote Virgin River cabin for a quiet holiday. Instead she meets Navy pilot Patrick Riordan, haunted by combat loss, and together they try to imagine new futures.

After a helicopter crash ends his flying career, Colin Riordan holes up near Virgin River with his cameras and nightmares. PR executive Jillian Matlock, burned by workplace scandal, buys a rundown Victorian with dreams of a garden. Art, vegetables and stubborn hearts slowly intertwine.

After witnessing a murder, hardware‑store owner Conner Danson is relocated to Virgin River under a new identity until trial. Determined to stay invisible, he instead finds himself drawn to efficient, battle‑scarred office manager Leslie Petruso, who has her own reasons for swearing off romance.

A public collapse in a San Francisco kitchen sends rising sous‑chef Kelly Matlock running to her sister’s organic farm in Virgin River. There she meets screenwriter and widowed single dad Lief Holbrook and his prickly teenage stepdaughter, and discovers a slower, messier recipe for happiness.

Becca Timm crashes her twin brother’s guys‑only hunting trip to Virgin River with one goal: finally getting over ex‑boyfriend Denny Cutler, the Marine who broke her heart. An accident strands her in town for the holidays, where close quarters rekindle feelings she thought were gone.

Single mom Dory Finn has rebuilt a quiet life in Fortuna, pouring her energy into her kids and a new resource center for women. When firefighter Clay Kennedy moves in next door and keeps “helping,” she must decide whether to trust one more man with her heart.

Horseman Clay Tahoma takes a job as vet assistant in Virgin River and feels instantly at home among the mountains and barns. Lily Yazhi, wary from past hurts, resents his charm but can’t deny their connection as they work side by side with the animals.

Burned‑out Navy doctor Aiden Riordan retreats to a remote cabin near Virgin River and expects solitude, not an irritable woman potting plants on the property. Erin Foley came to the woods to rethink her own life, and a mishap throws the two reluctant loners together.

Still raw after being jilted at the altar the previous New Year’s Eve, Sunny Archer would rather hide than celebrate. Her uncle drags her to Jack’s Bar, where equally bruised guest Drew Foley suggests a simple pact: share one night of laughter and a midnight kiss.

Four years after Franci Duncan walked away from fighter pilot Sean Riordan, they collide again in Northern California. Sean wants a second chance, until he discovers the red‑haired little girl Franci never told him about, forcing them to revisit old wounds and new possibilities.

When a box of abandoned puppies turns up beneath Virgin River’s giant town Christmas tree, local vet Nate Jensen is called in to help. As he and holiday‑loving Annie McCarty care for the pups, their teasing friendship slips into something far warmer.

After years caring for her ill mother, twenty‑something Shelby McIntyre finally heads to Virgin River in search of freedom and a fresh start. Instead she falls for Luke Riordan, a battle‑scarred former helicopter pilot who’s sworn off commitment but can’t resist her hopeful heart.

Young widow Vanessa Rutledge is raising her baby son surrounded by friends, but the man she secretly loves, Paul Haggerty, keeps his distance out of loyalty to her late husband. When life and meddling neighbors push them together, they must risk friendship for love.

Marine Rick Sudder returns from Iraq with devastating injuries and no idea how to move forward. His teenage sweetheart Lizzie refuses to give up on him, while drifter Dan Brady tries to build a clean life in town. Virgin River rallies around both men in crisis.

Widowed pastor Noah Kincaid buys Virgin River’s derelict church online, determined to rebuild a congregation from scratch. His most unlikely ally is Ellie Baldwin, a brash former exotic dancer desperate for a respectable job so she can fight to regain her children.

A year after losing her Marine husband, Marcie Sullivan tracks down Ian Buchanan, the reclusive comrade who saved his life. Snowbound in Ian’s remote cabin, the determined widow forces him to confront the past—and the possibility of a second chance.

Badly wounded LAPD officer and former Marine Mike Valenzuela agrees to become Virgin River’s first cop just as prosecutor Brie Sheridan arrives, shattered by a brutal assault. Their friendship deepens into love as they help each other reclaim safety, trust and a future.

Grieving her husband, nurse practitioner and midwife Mel Monroe takes a job in the remote town of Virgin River, expecting a brief escape. A rundown cabin, a cranky doctor and bar owner Jack Sheridan slowly turn her detour into a new home.

Quiet ex‑Marine John “Preacher” Middleton runs the kitchen at Jack’s Bar until a bruised young mother and her son stumble in out of a storm. As Paige hides from her violent past, Preacher and the town give her the shelter—and courage—to start over.