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A widowed nurse answers a small-town ad and finds an abandoned baby — and an unexpected second chance at love.

Content Warnings
griefdeath of loved one

Description

Arriving in the remote mountain town of Virgin River in response to an ad, recently widowed Melinda thinks that she has made a mistake, until she finds an abandoned baby on her porch and lets a former Marine into her heart.

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