Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts

This is a fast, fun, and fluffy read. Not a lot of depth. But enjoyable.

Seth Quinn is back from traveling the world and is ready to stay at home with his family. But when he returns, he notices a new flower shop in town. It's owned by Drusilla Banks Whitcomb and she is a D.C. transplant, there to start a new life after an embarrassing breakup. The two get together and fall in love but Seth had a return of issues from his past and it will take the whole family to help him solve them.

Three stars

Chesapeake Bay Saga #4

This book came out November 4, 2002

Follows Inner Harbor

Borrowed as hard copy from library

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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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Rising Tides by Nora Roberts

Of the four boys taken in by Ray Quinn, Ethan was the one who became a lobsterman, staying close to the shore. His whole life has been about loving Grace Monroe from afar. Even after Grace got pregnant, got married, and quickly divorced, Ethan loves her and loves her daughter just as much. But he knows that, because of his past, he's no good for her. They can never be married. But Grace doesn't understand that. 

She's worked hard. First to try and realize her dream of becoming a dancer in New York and then raising her daughter. Now she's working hard to make sure that Ethan knows not only he loves her but that they can be together, forever.

The ending on this one was a bit abrupt. First Ethan was all "I can't, oh woes, I can't" and suddenly it was all "Yay! I can totally do this." And I never quite got why they were together. Other than a childhood love. And, I guess, with Grace being twenty-two she was still young-ish but still should be past puppy love and I didn't see that they were past that.

Three stars

Chesapeake Bay Saga #2

This book came out August 1,1998

Follows Sea Swept

Followed by Inner Harbor

Borrowed as hard copy from library

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