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Chesapeake Blue
Nora Roberts
Seth Quinn is finally home.
It's been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with
his drug-addicted
mother, he'd been taken in by the Quinn family, growing up
with three
older brothers who'd watched over him with love.
Now a grown man returning from Europe as a successful
painter, Seth is
settling down on Maryland's Eastern Shore, surrounded once
again by Cam,
Ethan, and Phil, their wives and children, all the blessed
chaos of the
extended Quinn clan. Finally, he's back in the little blue-
and-white house
where there's always a boat at the dock, a rocker on the
porch, and a dog
in the yard.
Still, a lot has changed in St. Christopher since he's been
gone--and the
most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru
Whitcomb Banks. A
city girl who's opened a florist shop in this seaside town,
she craves
independence and the challenge of establishing herself
without the
influence of her wealthy connections. In Seth, she sees
another kind of
challenge-a challenge that she can't resist.
But storms are brewing that are about to put their
relationship to the
test. Dru's past has made her sensitive to deception-and
slow to trust.
And Seth's past has made him a target of blackmail--as a
secret he's kept
hidden for years threatens to explode, destroying his new
life and his new
love...
"Roberts, a best-selling author and the
recipient of countless honors, including numerous RITAs as
well as the Romance Writers of America Lifetime Achievement
Award, has once again crafted a poignant and often humorous
tale. True to style, she has also thrown in just enough of
the paranormal to tantalize. Guaranteed to please the many
fans who were waiting for Seth's story, this sequel to the
original trilogy (Sea Swept, Rising Tides, Inner Harbor) is
also an excellent stand-alone title."
-Library Journal
A note from Nora Roberts:
I was born and raised in Maryland and have lived there all
my life. I love
the diversity of this small state-from its rolling wooded
hills in the
west, its sprawling cities and charming small towns, to its
long, lovely
shores and eastern beaches. The Eastern Shore of Maryland
is a world unto
itself-its landscape, its culture, its people.
I've always had a fascination and affection for this area,
for its
thriving bay and busy marshes, the long, flat fields and
pretty towns. It
was a great pleasure for me to settle there in my mind when
writing about
the Quinns, and an even deeper one to go back, to visit the
Shore, the
people, when writing Chesapeake Blue. I hope readers
will enjoy it as much
as I did.

Jove, February 2004
368 pages ISBN: 0515136263 Paperback (reprint) $7.99
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