Rising Tides (1998) (edit title/settings)

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Characters edit see section history

• Ethan Quinn: Waterman; brother to Cameron and Phillip
• Grace Monroe: Friend of the Quinns; helps with the housework; mother to Aubrey
• Aubrey Monroe: Grace's daughter
• Anna Spinelli Quinn: Cameron's wife; the social worker in charge of Seth
• Cameron Quinn: Oldest Quinn brother; formerly raced boats and loves fast cars
• Seth DeLauter: Ray Quinn's ward who the Quinn brothers are now applying for guardianship
• Phillip Quinn: Cameron and Ethan's brother; an advertising executive in Baltimore
• Carol Monroe: Grace's mother
• Steve: Shiney's Pub manager
• Simon: Ethan's dog
• Jack Casey: Grace's ex-husband and Aubrey's father
• Pete Monroe: Grace's father
• Gloria Delauter: Seth's birth mother
• Stella Quinn: Ray's deceased wife; mother who adopted each of the Quinn brothers; former doctor

Quotes edit see section history

• “"I swear i smell peanuts in the air"”

  Grace

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• If you wanted to grab ahold of one thing, you had to let go of another.

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• “There’s too much misery in the short time we spend living, Ethan, to turn away happiness. You remember to value your joys.”

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• that’s what family was, an island. Knowing you could go there made all the difference.

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• I won’t be with a man who doesn’t respect my feelings and who won’t share his problems with me. I won’t be with a man who doesn’t love me enough to stay. To make a promise to me to grow old with me and to be a father to my child. And I won’t spend my life having an affair with you and then having to explain to my daughter why you didn’t love and respect me enough to marry me.”

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• “People like to say they’ve given somebody a choice when what they’re really saying is ‘do this my way.’ I don’t like your way, Ethan. Your way only takes into account what was and doesn’t add what is, or what could be.

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• Ethan would have faced down the bad guys, too. Because it was right. Seth had mulled it over for a while and had decided that’s what a hero was. Somebody who just did what was right.

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• Healthy birds leave the nest. Your mother and I raised healthy birds.”

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• “You’ve got some ego-ridden male idea in your head that I need to be taken care of, protected, coddled—when what I need is to be needed and respected and loved.

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• St. Christopher’s sat snug on Maryland’s southern Eastern Shore,

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• It was living inside a familiar world that had been polished into a constant state of anticipation and excitement.

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• St. Christopher
• Shiney's Pub

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Preceded by Sea Swept, and followed by Inner Harbor.

Preceded by For My Lady's Heart, and followed by Lover Revealed.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Nora Roberts (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Strong language and sexually explicit content.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Romance › Authors, A-Z › ( R ) › Roberts, Nora
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Family Saga
• Books › Romance › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Nora Roberts - Official Author's Website

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