Small Town Romance Novels Like Virgin River
These Small Town Romance Novels Like Virgin River are cozy, swoony, and set in charming small towns. They’re perfect for you if you love the magic of Virgin River.

Small Town Romance Novels Like Virgin River
Virgin River Season 7 is coming and not a moment too soon. Is Charmaine okay? Is Muriel? Will Jack and Mel finally be parents? 😭🌲
Once you’ve binged the new season you will need more small town charm, more hometown heroes, more nosy neighbors and drama.
You will need more Small Town Romance Novels and more Romance Novels Like Virgin River.
Warm, swoony, and set in the coziest communities, these books are perfect if you want to bask in all the small-town vibes.
Virgin River series by Robyn Carr (22 books)
Why you’ll love the Virgin River series:
- It’s the OG!
- Jack, Mel, Doc, Muriel, Preacher, Brie, Charmaine
- The most beautiful Northern California setting
- Plenty of drama and romance
- 17 of the series titles are FREE on KU
Thunder Point series by Robyn Carr (9 books)
Why you’ll love this small town romance series like Virgin River:
- Same author as Virgin River
- A nearby coastal town (just a bit north in Oregon)
- A newcomer learns he’s inherited a property there
- Same warm community feel as VR!
Chesapeake Shores by Sherryl Woods (14 books)
Why you will love this small town romance series:
- A beloved small-town series
- A new waterfront setting: Maryland
- A hometown girl comes back to renovate a historic inn with her sister
- Strong community & family themes
Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes
Why you’ll love this emotional small town love after loss romance:
- Small-town romance that was a Jenna’s Book Club pick!
- A young widow in small town Maine is mourning her husband
- His childhood best friend, a baseball player who’s lost his mojo, shows up
- A story of friendship, grief, new beginnings
The Nantucket Plum Beach Cove series by Pamela Kelley (9 books)
Why you’ll love this Nantucket set small town romance series:
- Lisa tries to pick up the pieces after her husband betrayal by opening a bed and breakfast in iconic Nantucket
- Each book follows a different Nantucket resident as they navigate life and love
- A wonderful travelogue of Nantucket and its rich history!
The Simple Wild by K.A. Tucker (4 books)
Why you’ll love this romance series:
- Calla, a city girl, heads to to visit her ailing father
- A grumpy outdoorsy hero (who also works for Calla’s father
- A stunning remote setting in Alaska
- Free on Kindle Unlimited!!
- If you love K.A. Tucker, I reviewed Until it Fades
Sullivans Crossing series by Robyn Carr (9 books)
Why you will love this small town romance series:
- Obsessed with The Pitt? Imagine it in a small town
- A Boston doctor visiting her father in his remote cabin community tries small town medicine
- Found family and family drama
- Also streaming on Netflix (which moves the action to Nova Scotia!)
Sweet Magnolias series by Sherryl Woods (11 books)
Why you will love this romance series:
- A group of friends in a small town share life’s up and downs!
- Warm, realistic female friendships plus family drama plus small-town romance
- Now a Netflix show too!
Blue Moon series by Lucy Score (8 books)
Why you will love this romance series:
- Carter just wants to work on his family farm
- Summer is a big-city journalist who has come to do a story
- Opposites attract
- Each book in the eight book series follows a different couple in the upstate New York town of Blue Moon
- Free on Kindle Unlimited!
Moonlight Harbor series by Sheila Roberts (7 books)
Why you’ll love this romance series:
- A divorced woman trying to make ends meet
- Her aunt offers her a job running an inn in a small town on the Washington coast
- The inn is a bit of a mess
- Free on Kindle Unlimited

