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Summary: My favorite of the Quinn brothers series
Review: I have to say this was my favorite of the four books because Ethan and Grace were such a wonderful twosome. It was nice to read for a change a story about a real working class single mother, pinching pennies, driving a heap of a car and the fisherman who loves her. It just seems like every book I read, everyone is rich. I loved the relationship between Ethan and Seth. It was those two that could really relate to each other. The relationships are touching and it was fun to see Cam and Anna back in this one, still lusting after each other as much as they did in their story. Though Ethan and Grace's story was my favorite, my favorite character is and remained through all four books, Cam. He was a hard-a**ed guy but the possessiveness and love he felt toward Seth was touching. All four books are very well written. Don't miss any of them.
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Summary: Second Great book in the Quinn brothers trilogy
Review: "Rising Tides" is the second book about the three Quinn brothers. This story revolves around Ethan and his relationship with Grace Monroe. Ethan has had perhaps the most disturbing past of the three boys adopted by Ray and Stella Quinn, but he has managed to become a wonderful, caring man and successful fisherman. Ethan and Grace have been friends for years. Grace cleans houses (including the Quinn's) and waitresses in order to support herself and her two year old daughter, Aubrey. Grace works incredibly hard and is a wonderful, complex character. Grace has been in love with Ethan for years and vice versa, although neither of them has acted upon it. This story is full of love and sadness, romance and fulfillment, as Grace and Ethan finally come together. It is a truly touching and lovely story, and is probably my favorite of the three.
Seth's story is also continued in this installment, as his mother begins to pose more of a threat to him. The interaction between Seth and his brothers makes this more than just a simple romance. NR does a fabulous job of dealing with difficult emotions and complex relationships. She really makes the reader care about these characters and what happens to them.
I highly recommend this book. It is full of all the aspects of life, and mixes moving and poignant scenes with humorous and amusing ones that will make you laugh. This is an excellent read and you do not want to miss it!
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Summary: The Quinn Family Saga Continues On......
Review: I enjoyed the book overall. This is a wonderful series about an adoptive family that works well together no matter what.The heart and soul of the Maryland Eastern Shore are its watermen, the men who make their livings on the Chesapeake Bay and its channels. They face hardships, storms, short seasons. Day after day and year after year they ply the waters-setting their crab pots, dredging for oysters-and are privy to a world many of us will never know. Seeing the red dawn break over dark water, watching a storm roll in slow and black from the east. In their rubber boots and gloves, they pilot their workboats through frigid dawns or sweltering afternoons searching for the blue crab the area is famous for. Ethan Quinn is a waterman. He wasn't born to this tradition, but he embraced it. He's a quiet man whose heart runs as deep as the waters he loves. In Rising Tides, he faces more than the challenge of making his living on the Bay or struggling to make the fledgling boat business he and his brothers began a success. There's Seth, a young boy who needs him, and a woman and child he wants to love, but never felt he could have. To shape his life around them, Ethan will have to face his own dark past, and accept himself for who he is, and also what he wants to become.
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Summary: Rising Tides is a strong, emotional story
Review: Rising Tides is the story of the eldest Quinn brother, Ethan. Ethan is a fisherman, still living in the Maryland shore town where his was raised by Ray and Stella Quinn. He is a quiet, seemingly content man but you later learn that he has kept his emotions and such to himself for many years. Ethan shared Ray's loves of the sea, boating, and fishing. On the whole, Ethan seems satisfied with his life until he comes to face his past demons when youngest brother, Seth joins the family. Ethan is drawn to Seth having realized they both experienced horrific abuse at the hands of their natural parents during their early childhood. Because of this common thread, the story of their relationship is quite an emotional read. Ethan establishes a strong paternal relationship with his youngest brother and together, they are both able to put their past to rest. During the course of this novel, Ethan realizes his dream to be a shipbuilder and also along the way realizes that he is worthy of a loving relationship with Grace and her daughter Aubrey whom you will meet in Rising Tides and fall in love with. I believe Ethan is the strongest of the Quinn brothers and through his love for his family and his job, he is able to give each of this brothers the emotional grounding they need to get through their family tragedy and learn to enjoy their lives once more.
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Summary: Captivating Trilogy! Nora's Best!
Review: The first novel, Sea Swept, introduces the story of three adopted brothers and how the deal with the loss of their father and the gain of another adopted brother. Therefore, to fully understand the situation and the developing relationship with the brothers, the series should be read in order: Sea Swept, Rising Tides, Inner Harbor, Chesapeake Blue. The books take place on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Therefore, be prepared to read about the lives that accompany Maryland natives. Each book in the trilogy tells the love story of one of the brothers, beginning with Cameron, the first boy adopted. The brothers have completely different personalities, which allows the reader to better relate to one brother of the four. Cameron, the star of Sea Swept, is extremely outgoing with breathtaking looks. Before the events that take place in Sea Swept, Cameron's heart lied in racing and women. Now, he unexpectantly falls for a woman whose main goal is to make sure the new addition to the family (brother number four) is properly cared for and his biological mother does not interfere. Rising Tides is my favorite book in the series, dealing with the shy but undeniably masculine brother, Ethan. He is the only one of the three brothers who decided to stay on the shores of the Chesepeake and care for his father. His life is immensely simple, spending his days as a fisherman on the bay. The love story that develops between him and his lifetime love is the most romantic of the series. Phillip's story is developed in the third book of the series, Inner Harbor. This book is immensly important in the trilogy because a great number of unanswered questions are resolved during this story. Phillip is a hansome, well-mannered, businessman with a taste for fine wine and beautiful women. Not prepared to ever become a family man, a mysterious woman with a suprising background comes into town and steals Phillip's heart on first site. The last book of the series, Chesapeake Blue, tells the story of the last adopted brother, Seth. Twenty years have elapsed since Inner Harbor. This was the perfect ending to a breathtaking series. In this book, you are able to see how Seth has dealt with his new surroundings and if he has been able to separate himself from his biological mother. The book also updates readers on the lives of Seth's three brothers and their families. Seth unexpectantly falls in the love with a new businesswoman in town. They develop a relationship as friends that blooms into undying love, respect, and compassion. I highly recommend any romance novel fan to read this series. You won't regret the time spent!
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Summary: Second Great book in the Quinn brothers trilogy
Review: "Rising Tides" is the second book about the three Quinn brothers. This story revolves around Ethan and his relationship with Grace Monroe. Ethan has had perhaps the most disturbing past of the three boys adopted by Ray and Stella Quinn, but he has managed to become a wonderful, caring man and successful fisherman. Ethan and Grace have been friends for years. Grace cleans houses (including the Quinn's) and waitresses in order to support herself and her two year old daughter, Aubrey. Grace works incredibly hard and is a wonderful, complex character. Grace has been in love with Ethan for years and vice versa, although neither of them has acted upon it. This story is full of love and sadness, romance and fulfillment, as Grace and Ethan finally come together. It is a truly touching and lovely story, and is probably my favorite of the three.
Seth's story is also continued in this installment, as his mother begins to pose more of a threat to him. The interaction between Seth and his brothers makes this more than just a simple romance. NR does a fabulous job of dealing with difficult emotions and complex relationships. She really makes the reader care about these characters and what happens to them.
I highly recommend this book. It is full of all the aspects of life, and mixes moving and poignant scenes with humorous and amusing ones that will make you laugh. This is an excellent read and you do not want to miss it!
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Summary: Live and learn
Review: I listened to the book on tape. I was impressed. I thought I was going to dislike it, because I'm not a romanticist and of the few things I've read in the romance genre, I derived little pleasure, much boredom. This one was different. Some of it may have been the drama that the reading puts into it. It was read very well, sorry I don't have the man's name. But there was some drama, and some emotional scenes, toward the end. When Grace reconciles finally with thick-headed Ethan, when Ethan asks her will she let him be her daughter's (step) father, it is touching, even for a non-romantic. The only thing a little out of whack was Ethan's belief that his mother's slovenliness would be hereditary. At one point, he inventories hereditary factors, like weak hearts or hair color, but then he throws in something that was clearly a learned behavior, his mother's being very unmotherly. Oh, some of it might be attributed to her hormone system or even a brain malfunction, but he clearly didn't have those problems. Maybe he thought it was one of those generation-skipping disabilities? Anyway, Ethan seemed to be confusing nature and nurture. An introductory psychology course would have cleared up the matter for him long before he had to be "wailed" out by Grace, fed up with his intransigence. I'm going to try other books by Nora Roberts, and also J.D. Robb, her other nom de plume. Diximus.
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Summary: Audiocassette review
Review: First, I must say that I loved the book Rising Tides; in fact, I thought the trilogy was one of Nora Roberts' best. Since I enjoy listening to books on tape while I am commuting, I checked out this book's unabridged version from the library. Of course, the story line, whether read or heard, holds up well, but I was a bit taken aback at the voice of Cameron Quinn. I realize that one narrator must convey all of the characters' voices and maintain the listener's understanding of who is thinking or saying the statement, but, really. David Stuart made Cam sound like a 70 year old, 3 pack a day smoker with throat cancer. His gravelly voice really distracted from this audio. I have also listened to the unabridged version of Sea Swept (also recorded by David Stuart), and he did Cam's voice in a much more moderate style. Still, an enjoyable listen, and all of the positive reviews given the book's hardcover and paperback versions still apply.
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Summary: Read the whole series
Review: I thought Rising Tides was the weakest of the first three Chesapeake books, perhaps because I wasn't as interested in the characters Ethan and Grace as I was in Cam and Anna. Ethan and Grace were very sweet, and Grace's experiences as a single mother added a nice, homey touch, but I simply wasn't as drawn to their characters. However, this is still a good book and I highly recommend the series.
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Summary: Still Waters Run Deep
Review: Rising Tides centers on Ethan Quinn, the middle Quinn brother. Nora Roberts's description of this quietly pensive character flows in a seamless effort. The daily life of a waterman and the small-town life in St. Christopher's will draw you in and stay in your mind for a while. It's a simple love story about two simple people, exquisitely tied together in 339 pages (paperback version).
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