Sunrise Point (2012) (edit title/settings)

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• Tom Cavanaugh: Former Marine Captain who now helps run his family's apple orchard business.
• Nora Crane: Young woman with two small children who is down on her luck after her boyfriend abandoned her in the middle of Virgin River during the winter.
• Fay Crane: Nora's 9 mo old baby
• Berry Crane: Nora's two-year old daughter
• Adie Clemens: Nora's friend and neighbor. Helps baby sit with her children.
• Noah Kincaid: Pastor of Virgin River Presbyterian Church, Married to Ellie.
• Maxie Cavanaugh: Tom's grandmother who owns Cavanaugh Orchards
• Buddy Holson: One of the apple pickers, a teenager who befriends Nora.
• Junior: Foreman at Cavanaugh's Apple Orchard
• Therese Alice Sealy Crane: Nora's mother - deceased. Suffered from a mental illness, undiagnosed,
• Jedediah (Jed) Crane: Nora's father. Teaches History at UC Berkeley. Divorced Nora's mother when she was very young.
• Chad: Nora's ex-boyfriend and the father of her children. Now serving time in prison.
• Darla Pritchard: Widow of one of Tom's Marine buddies who was killed in Afghanistan. Works as a pharmaceutical representative.
• Jack Sheridan: Former marine, owner of Jack's Bar and Grill, married to Mel, father of David and Emma. He's the executor of the Virgin River Trust established by Hope McCrea.
• Mel Sheridan: Jack's wife, town nurse and midwife, mother of David and Emma. She owns and runs the town clinic.
• Luke Riordan: One of the Riordan brothers, he's married to Shelby and father to a newborn son, Brett. He manages six cabins on the Virgin River and lives in a house nearby. He was the first of the Riordans to move to the area.
• Shelby (McIntyre) Riordan: Married to Luke and mother of Brett, niece of Walt Booth and cousin of Vanni Haggerty and Tom Booth.
• Brett Riordan: Luke and Shelby's son.
• Hank (Coop) Cooper: Former Army Helicopter pilot that formerly served with Luke. He's visiting Virgin River while in between jobs.
• Colin Riordan: Former Black Hawk pilot who retired after a serious crash. He is now an artist and is involved with Jillian Matlock. Luke Riordan's brother.
• John (Preacher) Middleton: Married to Paige, he's the cook at Jack's Bar. He added on to the building to expand the rear portion for his family, including son Christopher and daughter Dana.
• Paige Middleton: Married to Preacher, she's the mother of Christopher and Dana.
• Martha Hutchkins: Nora's neighbor.
• Leslie Petruso: Nora's neighbor.
• Susan: Jed Crane's girlfriend. Mother to Melanie, married with children and Lindsay a Doctor.
• Eduardo: Apple picker at Cavanaugh Orchard.
• Juan: Apple picker at Cavanaugh Orchard.
• Jerome: Apple picker at Cavanaugh Orchard.
• Rosalie: Maxie Cavanaugh's friend.
• Penny: Maxie Cavanaugh's friend.
• Jillian (Jilly) Matlock: Owner of organic vegetable farm.
• Kelly Matlock: Jill's sister, a chef.
• Becca Timm: School teacher marrying Denny Cutler, Jilly's assistant.
• Warren Cavanaugh: Maxie's son, father to Tom. Died in a plane crash.

Quotes edit see section history

• “I'm getting tired of Miss Picky Pants. If you marry her I'm going to kill myself." His smile fought hard to get out, but he held it in. "What if I'm completely in love with her?" She rolled her eyes and clasped her hands together as if praying for strength. "I've had a good life...”

  Maxie and Tom

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Virgin River, California
• Jack's Bar and Grill: Operated by Jack Sheridan and Preacher Middleton; popular hangout in Virgin River

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Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Redwood Bend, and followed by My Kind of Christmas.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Robyn Carr (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Sexual content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Carr, Robyn
• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Robyn Carr: Author's website

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