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Chesapeake Blue (2004)

Chesapeake Blue (2004)

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0515136263 (ISBN13: 9780515136265)
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2.5 stars. Weak characters, relationship development, and plot. Enjoyable teasing and conversations among family members.THE SERIES:The Chesapeake Bay series includes four books which tell a continuing story about a family. Ray and Stella Quinn adopt three troubled boys who came from abusive homes. In the first three books the boys are about 30 years old. They left home, have good jobs and are single. Stella died several years earlier. In the beginning of the first book Ray took in another boy, 10-year-old Seth, who was abused by his mother Gloria. Gloria offered to give legal guardianship to Ray in return for a large sum of money. Before anything was official, Ray died in a car accident. Shortly before he died, he asked his three sons to move back home to take care of Seth. All three men promised they would. They decide to start a boat building business. In the first three books each of the three men meets and falls in love with a woman. The fourth book tells the story of Seth, who is grown, returns home and falls in love. The best parts of the first three books are watching the developing relationships among Seth and the three men and seeing Seth blossom. Each book has a minor amount of fantasy due to some conversations with a ghost. The four books, main characters, and my ratings are:Sea Swept (Cameron and Anna) 4 starsRising Tides (Ethan and Grace) 3 starsInner Harbor (Phillip and Sybill) 3 starsChesapeake Blue (Seth and Dru) 2.5 starsSTORY BRIEF (WITH MILD SPOILERS) (Chesapeake Blue, Book 4):Seth is now about 28. Gloria began contacting him when he was a teen, threatening to hurt his family. He secretly has been paying her money to stay away. He spent several years in Europe to get away from her. But when he became a famous painter, she followed him to Europe. Since he couldn’t avoid her and since he missed his family, he moves back to Chesapeake Bay.Dru is the only child of a wealthy family in Washington D.C. Her fiancé cheated on her, and she moved to Chesapeake Bay to open a flower shop. She bought a house and loves living alone, with no domestic help. She likes the small town environment. Seth sees her and immediately falls for her. He wants to paint her. She is reluctant. He rents the space above her flower shop for his art studio.REVIEWER’S OPINION:The primary weakness was the two main characters were not interesting enough. There was not enough relationship development. I also felt it was too quick for Seth to ask her to marry him. The best parts of the book were the camaraderie, teasing, and conversations among the Quinn family members. That was entertaining and well done.The major conflict in this story was regarding Gloria, Seth’s horrible mother. The Gloria problem was resolved in Book 3. So I was unhappy to see that the author had to weaken Seth’s character in order to reactivate Gloria’s bad guy role. I did not enjoy seeing Seth wimp out and pay her blackmail money over fourteen years without telling his family. They stood up to her and scared her off before. They would have done it again. I wasn’t happy with this plot. I enjoyed the first book the most.DATA:Story length: 240 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: 3. Total number of sex scene pages: 7. Setting: current day Chesapeake Bay area and Washington D.C.. Copyright: 2002. Genre: contemporary romance with fantasy.OTHER BOOKS: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.

The last book in one of my favorite Nora Roberts series, this one shows one of her greatest strengths - the incredibly close families that she writes about. Seth the boy is all grown up now and coming home. He's been working in Europe for the past five years, determined to make his mark on his own terms. He's missed his family though and is also tired of running from the past. His love for his family is obvious in everything he does. He's not sappy with his brothers, they all know how they feel and they show their love in the teasing they do and how they are there for each other. His love for the women in his family is soft and warm and very protective. Seth himself is generally cheerful, laid back except when it come to his art when he can be very intense. From his first meeting with Dru he is captivated by her. He sees her beauty first and wants to paint her, but it's the woman who fascinates him. I love his won't take no attitude in the way he pursues her, but also his gentleness in that pursuit. He has some great moments in that pursuit with the way he meets all the challenges of overcoming her cautiousness around him. I also loved the way he held his own around her family and stood up for her to them. His love for her nearly made him push her away to protect her from his mother. His determination to keep Gloria away from his family and the lengths he went to were heartbreaking. I loved the way that she was finally dealt with.Dru was fantastic. From a wealthy family she has spent her life dealing with her parents and their expectations and she finally had enough. She broke off her engagement to the "right" man who cheated on her and moved to St. Chris to pursue the life she wanted. She owns a flower shop and has a good life doing what she loves. I loved her from the first, when she helped Seth pick out the right flowers for his sisters-in-law and niece. She is cautious and not inclined to get involved with the smooth talking painter. Her introduction to the Quinn family was hysterical and so far from what she was used to that she wasn't sure what to do. She was attracted to Seth and liked his family but she still had trust issues to overcome. She had a great scene with Aubrey after she accused Seth of having strong feelings for her. She also had some serious issues with her family who tended to be pretty darned snobbish and completely unwilling to let her live her own life. I loved the way that she slowly opened herself up to the possibilities with Seth. She also grew to understand him very well. I loved their confrontation at the end when the whole blackmail thing came out and the way she was there for him. The best thing about this book is the strength of the family relationships. Seth knows that he is loved and that he is always able to come home. In his worry about keeping his family safe he forgot the family creed that if you mess with one Quinn you mess with them all. I loved catching up with all the rest of the family and seeing how their lives have been since the end of the original trilogy. The conversations Seth had with his late grandmother were a neat touch and helped bring the story full circle.

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This is a really good book but to enjoy it you must read the Chesapeake Bay series in orderThe main theme of family, love and understanding is beautifully portray and I can't help wishing I'm part of the Quinns too!We see a lot of Anna and Cam , I love their sarcasm and humour and the unconditional love for every Quinngetting to know Anna,Cam,Ethan,Grace,Phillip and Sybill with their kids made me feel so contentedAubrey turned into such an amazing woman too! I really really wish that I'm a QuinnSeth is finally grown to be a talented successful artist , obviously he's a superb male species seeing him with qualities from the three brothers is so satisfyingSeth meeting and falling for Dru nothing unexpectedhoweverI like that the smart beautiful and lavishly wealthy Dru can knock sense into Seth cause he really does behave and thinks like a 10 year old despite he's supposedly to have high IQ ....no offense he is thick headed and stubborn I'm so glad to meet Stella Quinn in this final book she's is one hell of a woman, the perfect mother and grandmother Quinn ,I like the zucchinis bread xDanyhow after getting around the idea that Seth has grown up and the other Quinn brothers and wives have to be in their forties,admittedly, is a bit hard to visualize after 3 books with themsomehow Chesapeake Blue fits perfectly with the trilogyI was hoping to see Ray Quinn one last time with Stella at the Independence Day partyI was so angry and sad with what Gloria didwhat kind of mother is she? the boat yard and the sketches of art! Eighteen years of memories....this book is relatively more fast paced compared to the first three of the seriesThe Chesapeake Bay Saga is a great read for those looking for a touching, understanding, heart warming , loving family theme series<3
—QiJia (On Hiatus) 치쟈

The main thing I object is, cliché. Am I that stupid? Yes, I am. I really enjoy romances, quick light fix of alpha male and alpha female, just it’s hard to find an intelligent romance. But it is. Most of them are so badly written, that every time when I see so many 5 stars, I think about the readers and the old lady and her cats metaphor. Don't you have any whatsoever criteria if you rate THIS book 5 stars? Why do they have to be so transparent? Quick fix doesn't necessarily need to be shallow as well. I know there are good romantic writers out there, just I haven't had my luck. And because I'm a junkie, I need my fix. So, I settle with everything, anything. Although, Roberts has a reputation as big as ... I don't know what comparison to use. National bank where she keeps her trillions. The stereotypes were just killing me in this Chesapeake Bay Saga. Starting with the food: all they ate was pizza, meatball subway, lasagna and pasta. Budweiser. Period. They swear, they are gentle, they’re rough and they like their steaks blue rare. And they are all mind loosingly good looking. Like, properly good looking, like you would jump on them straight away. Like a nymphomaniac on a fly. CAMERON, the oldest adopted brother is speedy, sexy, hands under skirt type of guy, been racing and likes speed, who met stunningly gorgeous almond shaped eye Anna, the Italian social worker. These two are fire, and they remain fire until the end. But, when I was reading their dialogues, it was so predictable. Why do you do that Nora Roberts? New York Times best seller countless times. You? The cats are meowing, sorry, I need to feed them. Second brother ETHAN is an introverted fisherman, barely speaks, only hangs out with his boat and dog and is in love with Grace, first neighbor, who is sweet and good and peachy peach. PHILLIP, third brother, is an Armani wearing punk, falls in love with BA, MA, PhD psychologist Sybill, who was fucked up, but came to her senses. And the fourth brother SETH, with his upper DC class girlfriend Drusilla. And Seth is like - new Jackson Pollock. And then Roberts tries to be smart as hell, and she starts writing about Seth's paintings. Because, you know, he’s seen the world. Rome, Cork and Paris. Wow, did you really? Did you really Seth?! Is world really THAT big? Will you tell me about your paintings? Weeeeell, if you wanna know sugar, I’ll tell ya all. When in Rome you’ll call every woman bella and you’ll paint Spanish steps, because you know, when in Rome.... In Paris you’ll paint Eiffel tower, because you know, c’est la vie. And of course in Ireland, all colors are green, and people there are happy, happy happiness all around me people, who only think and talk about leprechauns and they search for lucky shamrocks, because Irish are all ‘away with the fairies’. And then when you get bored with travelling, you’ll paint a man and his boat aka presenting character's inner disturbances (never seen that coming!), wheat fields during the summer and a little girl with a red balloon in it, and if you are in a special mood, you’ll paint the love of your life, covered with just rose petals. Really Seth, red roses, my favourite flowers are red roses. You just outwit yourself in originality. Let me grab you another Bud and pizza with all the toppings. Annoying as hell. No, I am annoying as hell. Because you really have to be a dumbass to like it so much to give it more than 2 stars.
—Jana

Chesapeake Blue is the fourth of the Chesapeake Bay series by Nora Roberts. It is the story of Seth Quinn, who as a ten-year-old , was bought from his mother (Ray’s estranged daughter, Gloria deLauter) by Ray Quinn and raised by Ray’s adopted sons, Cam, Ethan and Phil. After years of promoting his art around the continent, Seth Quinn wants to come home to St Christopher, to the security of the place he grew up in. when he arrives, he meets Drusilla Whitcomb-Banks, granddaughter of a Senator, who has come to St Chris to get away from life in Washington and the stifling demands of her parents. She’s running a flower shop and loving it, and Seth wants to paint her, and more. But everyone has secrets in their past, and Seth’s is insisting on turning up like a bad penny, threatening everything he holds dear. Is there any way someone as sophisticated as Dru can be with someone like Seth with his history? Is Seth underestimating Drusilla’s strength? Has Seth forgotten he is a Quinn, and Quinns stand together? This final chapter in the Chesapeake Bay series will please fans who wanted to know how Seth turned out. Roberts knows how to create characters to love and hate, and a plot that is original. An entertaining read.
—Marianne

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