Chesapeake Blue (The Chesapeake Bay Saga)

Seth Quinn is finally home. It s been a long journey. After a harrowing boyhood with his drug-addicted mother, Seth had 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 painter, Seth is settling down on Maryland s Eastern Shore, surrounded once again by Cam, Ethan, and Phil, their wives and children, and all the blessed chaos of the extended Quinn clan. Finally, he s back in the little blue-and-white house where there s always a boat at the dock, a rocker on the porch, and a dog in the yard. Still, a lot has changed in St. Christopher s since he s been gone and the most intriguing change of all is the presence of Dru Whitcomb Banks. A city girl who has opened a florist shop in this seaside town, she craves independence and the challenge of establishing herself without the influence of her wealthy connections. In Seth, she sees another kind of challenge a challenge that she can t resist.