Wild Man Creek: A Virgin River Novel Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B004T2OEQG | Format: PDF
Wild Man Creek: A Virgin River Novel Description
New York Times and USA Today best-selling author Robyn Carr is renowned for her Virgin River series. When Colin Riordan is caught in a devastating helicopter crash, Virgin River seems like the ideal place to recover - both physically and emotionally. But when PR guru Jillian Matlock, who rents a Victorian home down the street, finds Colin trespassing, an instant connection blossoms between them - which leads to more than either expects.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 11 hours and 30 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Recorded Books
- Audible.com Release Date: March 17, 2011
- Whispersync for Voice: Ready
- Language: English
- ASIN: B004T2OEQG
Wild Man Creek, book 12 in the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr, is the story of two scarred people, software executive Jillian Mattock and former Blackhawk helicopter pilot Colin Riordan who both end up in the tiny Humboldt County town of Virgin River. Jill is escaping a case of shattered trust that cost her her Silicon Valley job and Colin is recovering from a helicopter crash that ended his military career. He has fought painkiller addiction and rehab and is now turning to painting wildlife but still plans to pursue flying. Jill, on the other hand, turns to her childhood love of gardening for therapy. Neither is looking for romance or commitment, so when their initial meeting turns to attraction, they both embark on a relationship they know will be short term. Colin will go to Africa to photograph wildlife and in the hope he can land a bush pilot job that will enable him to resume flying, while Jill gardens furiously, but knows she'll be returning to the corporate world come September. Meanwhile the two find comfort in each other, and for the first time for either of them, they begin to trust, to heal, and to live.
Jill rents an old Victorian on ten acres and begins returning the land to the garden paradise it once was, this time growing high end fruits and vegetables used in five-star restaurants-the same vegetables her great-grandmother used to grow when she lived with the older woman. The gardening adventure rolls forward with the addition of greenhouses and a helper, and before long, Jill wonders if there's a future in raising organic vegetables for commercial use.
Colin paints, and with Jill's encouragement, decides to see if his work can sell.
Colin Riordan, recovering from a horrific crash of his Blackhawk helicopter, comes to Virgin River with his body, psyche, and career in shambles. He plans to spend his summer in semi-isolation revisiting his childhood passion of painting. On September 1st he will take off for an African adventure of photographing wildlife and perhaps finding work as a Bush Pilot.
Jillian Matlock, a hard driven career woman to the core, is rocked by a scandal where she is accused of sexually harassing one of her employees. Her employer puts her on leave while they work out the legal ramifications. She soon finds refuge in the garden plot and large Victorian house that is owned by the Virgin River town trust.
The title of this story "Wild Man Creek" is in part a play on Colin's former reputation as an off the cuff, barely controlled, no holds barred Wild Man. Perhaps a bit unfortunately (at least for us readers) his accident and resulting recovery process seems to have knocked all that wildness right out of him. What we are left with is a quiet artist whose wildest thought seems to be contemplating whether he next wants to paint an eagle or a deer. As for Jillian, she takes gardening to heart with a true passion and we learn all about heirloom seeds, organic chicken manure and tomatoes. Lots of tomatoes in this book.
And so in what is an extremely heavy handed metaphor, the garden and the relationship grow hand in hand. Jillian tills the dirt for a garden. And they talk. Colin paints. They reminisce. Jill plants some seeds. Colin paints. And they have sexy talk. They have sex. The garden grows. They kiss. They have sex. And they talk. Tomatoes ripen. Colin paints.
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