Sea Swept (Chesapeake Bay, Book 1) | | Author: Nora Roberts
Publisher: Jove
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Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0515121843
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780515121841
ASIN: 0515121843
Publication Date: January 1, 1998
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Sibling trilogies are fast becoming Nora Roberts's forte. Sea Swept tells the tale of three brothers--all former juvenile delinquents adopted by Raymond Quinn and his wife, Stella. Cameron, Ethan, and Philip are as different as can be, but they are bound by their love and respect for their adoptive father, who has recently passed away. On his deathbed he asks his sons to look after their most recent brother, 10-year-old Seth, who--if the rumors are to believed--just may be Ray's biological son. Of course, the brothers don't know anything about caring for the young boy, and if social worker Anna Spinelli has anything to say about it, they won't. However, the sparks that fly over the fate of Seth are nothing compared to the romantic sparks that fly between Anna and Cameron. Nora Roberts once again proves why she is the premiere author of 1990s contemporary romance. Her stories have universal appeal, and Sea Swept is no exception.
Product Description
The Quinn brothers return to the Maryland shore to honor their father's last request.
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 Recycled Characters, So-So Story August 15, 2010
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I may be biased, because I just finished reading Nora Roberts' MacKade brother series, but the Quinn brothers seemed to me nothing more than a reduction of the four MacKade brothers to three Quinn brothers. Of the three Quinns, Cam, featured in Sea Swept, was my favorite. I enjoyed the relationship of Seth to the men, and the brothers' interactions were amusing, if not as in-depth or believable as some of Roberts' other brotherly interactions.
I couldn't get behind Cam and Anna's relationship. No matter how objective Anna says she was, a woman who would willingly compromise the safety and security of a child (Seth) shouldn't engage in a sexual relationship and muddy the waters. Her behavior just didn't make sense to me; moreover, it made me doubt the validity of Anna's character, her devotion and her motivation to being a social worker; and the entire social services system. Fiction should give us a reprieve from reality, especially the feel-good, happily-ever-after genre of romance. I'm sure there are people like Anna out there in the real world. I don't want to spend my leisure time reading about them.
The only good thing about this book was Seth. Not a bad read, I suppose, but not Roberts' best effort.
 Book order I received... August 11, 2010
Tweety Bird
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The copy of Sea Swept that I received came in very promptly.
It arrived in very good condition;just as promised in the listing.
I was more than satisfied with it,and it's speedy delivery!
Thanks,
Tweety Bird :)
 Loved this book...I was hooked! February 28, 2010
January Dockery (Georgia)
I picked this book up by chance. I was looking for a book to take on vaccation and saw this and bought it. I loved it! I couldn't put this book down. It is a wonderful love story that also deals with life and what it deals to you. I was close to tears a few times. After finishing this book I couldn't wait to read the rest in the series.
I loved this series! November 10, 2009
January Dockery (Georgia)
This is the first book in an awesome series about brothers and love! This is one of the best series that I have ever read! I could not put these books down. I will say that the second book was my favorite and the last one was my least favorite. I enjoyed them all though, but the last one was like she was just writing it to finish the series. A great, inspirational series to read though!
Solid, well done romance with good relationship development. Racer gives up the fast life to help a foster child. November 3, 2009
Jane Stewart (Chicago, Illinois)
REVIEWER'S OPINION:
College professors teaching romance-fiction courses assigned this book to their students (per Romantic Times magazine Sep 2009). For that reason I thought I'd try it. It has a different take on the romance formula which I liked. Many or most romance novels have a tough alpha male, single not wanting to settle down. Then he meets a female he can't resist, falls in love and wants marriage. In this book, Cam races cars and boats and has a lot of women. He makes a promise to his dying father that he will take care of foster boy Seth. Yes Cam meets and falls in love with Anna, but the primary domestication of Cam was due to his relationship with the boy, not due to Anna. He had to leave his racing life behind and find a local job to be near the boy. Seeing Cam caring for Seth causes Anna to fall in love with Cam. I liked all the relationships in this story. It didn't leave me with a wow feeling at the end, but I enjoyed it enough to recommend it and to buy the sequels. There was one fabulous making-love scene that stood out for me (page 286). It was much more about love than sex. Oh to have a man desire a woman that way.
A couple of other reviewers were bothered that Anna continued being Seth's case worker after she started having an affair with Cam, Seth's guardian. They felt she would lose her license, her job, etc. That might be true, but if you don't mind setting that aside, it's a good story.
STORY BRIEF:
Ray Quinn became the foster dad to three troubled teens, Cam, Phillip and Ethan. They grew up, left home and had their own lives. Then Ray died from a car accident. Just before he died he asked the three men to move back home and take care of Seth, a troubled 10-year-old boy that Ray was hoping to adopt. There are two stories happening. One story is the three men adjusting their lives to be near Seth. The second story is about Anna and Cam developing a romance. Anna is the new social worker assigned to Seth's case. There is a minor amount of fantasy due to due to some conversations with a ghost.
QUESTION FOR SOMEONE?
On page 177, the author uses a conversation that I've read before - probably in one of her other books. Cam and Ethan are arguing while shopping for shoes for Seth. Phillip tells them to stop it. He says "I sound like Mom. Forget it. Just forget it. Kill each other. I'll dump the bodies in the mall parking lot and drive to Mexico. I'll learn how to weave mats and sell them on the beach at Cozumel. It'll be quiet, it'll be peaceful. I'll change my name to Raoul, and no one will know I was ever related to a bunch of fools." Seth asks Cam "Does he always talk like that?" Cam replies "Yeah, mostly. Sometimes he's going to be Pierre and live in a garret in Paris, but it's the same thing."
Does anyone know in what other book this appears? Someone changing their name to Raoul and moving to Mexico, then Pierre in Paris? It's a fun conversation and good enough to use more than once. If she has, that's fine with me. I'm just being curious.
DATA:
Story length: 342 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: 4. Total number of sex scene pages: 11. Setting: current day Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland, Pittsburgh, Pa, and Monte Carlo. Copyright: 1998. Genre: contemporary romance with fantasy.
OTHER BOOKS:
This is the first of four books in the Chesapeake Bay series. The four books, main characters, and my ratings are:
Sea Swept (Cameron and Anna) 4 stars
Rising Tides (Ethan and Grace) 3 stars
Inner Harbor (Phillip and Sybill) 3 stars
Chesapeake Blue (Seth and Dru) 2.5 stars
For a list of my reviews of other Nora Roberts and J.D. Robb books, see my 4.5 star review of "Angels Fall" posted on 6-30-08.
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