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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... read more

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Seth Quinn has become a man from the 11 year old boy in the last book. This book is all about him. He is an extremely successful artist today and has traveled the world. He yearns for home though and returns to Chesapeake Bay. His family has expanded and each character is introduced and the... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Seth Quinn has become a man from the 11 year old boy in the last book. This book is all about him. He is an extremely successful artist today and has traveled the world. He yearns for home though and returns to Chesapeake Bay. His family has expanded and each character is introduced and the older ones are re-introduced. He meets a flower shop owner, and in the course of painting her, falls in love with her. But his past, his biological mother, still pursues him wherever he goes and out of love for his adopted family, he gives in to her blackmailing. The rest of the story is all about how Seth reaches a point where he knows he has to tell his family and his lover all about his past, his mistakes, his attempts to protect them, and then the entire Quinn family comes together and tackles the problem. The story ends on a positive note, and they all live happily ever after.

Characters edit see section history

  • Seth Quinn: Artist with growing world reputation comes home to the Chesapeake Bay, and his family of brothers and their families
  • Druscilla "Dru" Whitcomb-Banks: decamped wealthy Washington socialite, now florist in St. Christopher, MD on the Chesapeake Bay
  • Aubrey Quinn: oldest daughter of Grace and Ethan Quinn, works with her father and uncles in the building of Quinn Boats
  • Anna Quinn: Wife of Cam Quinn, one of the Quinn brothers, mother of Kevin and Jake
  • Cameron Quinn: Oldest of the Quinn brothers; married to Anna and former boat racer
  • Ethan Quinn: Brother of Cam and Phillip Quinn - The designer and detail person of Quinn Boats, married to Grace
  • Grace Quinn: Ethan's wife, mother of Aubrey, Emily, and Deke; runs a house cleaning service
  • Jake Quinn: 13 year old son of Anna and Cam Quinn
  • Kevin Quinn: 16 year old son of Anna and Cam Quinn
  • Phillip Quinn: The businessman of the Quinn brothers, elegant and proper
  • Sybill Quinn: wife of Phillip Quinn, Psychologist and author; sister of Gloria
  • Gloria DeLauter: birth mother of Seth Quinn, Daughter of Ray Quinn -
  • Katherine Whitcomb-Banks: Druscilla's mother - social mover and shaker
  • Ray Quinn: Deceased University professor who adopted Ethan, Phillip and Cam, and later took in Seth as well, married to deceased Stella.
  • Dan: Seth's best friend growing up.
  • Deke: Ethan and Grace's son.
  • Emily Quinn: Ethan and Grace's daughter
  • Stella: deceased wife of Ray Quinn who appears to and carries on conversations with Seth, who never met her - and who he calls Grandma
  • Fiona Quinn: Sybill and Phillip's daughter
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  • “The way I figure it, the more a guy gets sex, the more he thinks about it. And the less a guy gets sex, the more he thinks about it. But at least when he's getting it, he sleeps better.”
    Cameron Quinn
  • “You know one of the really great things about women?" he said conversationally as his fingers danced down over lace and back again. "Not just that they have breasts - which can't be over-appreciated - but all the cool things they put them in."”
    Seth to Drusilla

First Sentence edit see section history

HE WAS COMING HOME.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1 - 19

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 4 of 5 in Chesapeake Bay. (standard series)

Preceded by Inner Harbor, and followed by The Quinn's Christmas.

This is book 80 of 100 in AAR Top 100 Romances 2004. (authoritative list)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Nora Roberts (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Putnam Adult
Country: USA
Publication Date: November 4, 2002
ISBN: 978-0399149399
Page Count: 384

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Adults

Profanity. Sexual content.

More Books Like This edit see section history

   
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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Sea Swept
  • Rising Tides
  • Inner Harbor

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