Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

Phillip Quinn is the "professional" brother. He's a marketing exec while his brothers are a lobsterman and an ex-racer. He's the one who lives in the city but is still coming down to not only help build their boating business but to care for the latest of the adopted Quinns, ten-year-old Seth. He's also the one dealing with the insurance after there was some doubt about whether their father had an accident or if he committed suicide after paying Seth's mother for him. There are rumors about whether their professor father had an inappropriate relationship with a student that resulted in Seth being born.

Sybill has heard those rumors, but she knows the truth because Seth's mother is her sister. She's in town, supposedly to study small town communities. In truth, she's following up on the boy who stole her heart six years ago when he and his mother stayed with her for a short period of time. She just wants to make sure he's being treated well by the Quinns and to help if needed. It's just to bad that she has this pesky attraction to Phillip and that's going to make things messy if he finds out exactly why she's in town. 

Three stars

Chesapeake Bay Saga #3

This book came out December 1,1998

Follows Rising Tides

Followed by Chesapeake Blue

Borrowed as hard copy from library

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