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Rising Tides (Quinn Brothers of Chesapeake Bay #2)

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Of the three brothers, it was Ethan who shared his father's passion for the Maryland shore. And now with his father gone, Ethan is determined to make the family boatbuilding business a success. But amidst his achievements lie the most important challenges of his life...

There is young Seth, who needs him more than ever. And there is a woman he has always loved but never bel...more

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Published August 1st 1998 by Jove

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Jul 28, 2008 Isis FG rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: romance readers / Nora Roberts fans

Recommended to Isis FG by: continuation of a series / favorite author

Shelves: author-nora-roberts, favs-reread, genre-romance-drama, reviewed, stars-4

Rising Tides is the second book in Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay / Quinn Brothers saga. It features the middle brother, Ethan, who was the 2nd boy rescued by Ray and Stella Quinn and given a new life. He's the epitome of the saying "still waters run deep." Ethan may be able to hold his own in a fight with his brothers, but he prefers to take things slow, to think them through and doesn't see the need to chatter unless there's something that really needs to be said. He's battered and scarred from...more Rising Tides is the second book in Nora Roberts' Chesapeake Bay / Quinn Brothers saga. It features the middle brother, Ethan, who was the 2nd boy rescued by Ray and Stella Quinn and given a new life. He's the epitome of the saying "still waters run deep." Ethan may be able to hold his own in a fight with his brothers, but he prefers to take things slow, to think them through and doesn't see the need to chatter unless there's something that really needs to be said. He's battered and scarred from a tragic childhood that haunts him to this day. The abuse he suffered has kept him from acting on his feelings for young single mother Grace Monroe, but with Seth in the picture, Ethan finds that not only has his life drastically changed, but he can't keep his feelings for Grace a secret any longer.

This is yet another highly enjoyable book from Nora Roberts. I liked it almost as much as book 1 in the series. Ethan is such an interesting character. At times he's just as rough and tumble as Cam but at other times, he's a quiet loner. His tragic childhood is heartbreaking and it makes you just want to give him a big hug (and maybe a kiss or two...). When it comes to his relationship with Grace, you can really see how the past still haunts him and causes endless conflict. Roberts played that out perfectly, especially the resolution.

Normally I don't enjoy books with kids in them, but Grace's daughter Aubrey is just too cute for words. I really liked her small parts in the book. And I liked Grace as well. She was a real sweetheart.

One of the great things about this book, and common to NR trilogy books, is that even though the book focuses on one couple (in this case Ethan and Grace) you still get plenty of the other characters. They are still a basis of the story. It really helps you to know them better and develops this amazing sense of family and togetherness.

And another great thing about the book is the progression of Seth's story. It was touching to read about how much he's improved since the Quinn's took him in. He's growing and starting to put the past behind him. I love the interactions he has with everyone. For a 10-year-old, he's a really strongly developed character.

If you read and enjoyed Sea Swept then you should definitely read this book, and you'll most likely enjoy it. It is a great continuation of the series and just an all-round nice romance to read.(less)

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Aug 13, 2008 Brenda (b) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, romance, 1-print-books, 2-2008-read

This one is just as good as the first. Even though it's more centered on the romance, the family theme is still a strong element and that's a good thing. Ethan has got to be the most controlled guy I've read about in a long time. But man, once or twice there I wanted to give him a kick in the rear to get him moving a bit faster. LOL! I like how Ray isn't a big central element of the story. He doesn't really reveal anything not already known and he doesn't interfere, just seems to reaffirm the lo...more

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Jun 17, 2011 Lisa Kay rated it 4 of 5 stars

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★★★★ Very well narrated by David Stuart. I hesitate to give this 4 stars b/c there are parts that are a tiny bit tedious; nevertheless, I have come to care for these characters of Nora Roberts’ Chesapeake Bay Saga*, and I certainly want to find out what happens next. I don’t think this book, the second in the series, is a “stand-alone”; definitely Ethan and Grace’s on-going story would be enjoyed more if the first one, Sea Swept (Cam & Grace’s story), were read first.

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Aug 29, 2011 Valerie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011-reads, with-review, series, favorite-series, adult, cont-romance, family

So sad to give the second book in the Chesapeake Bay Saga 3 stars after I gave the first book 5, but I didn't love it like I loved the first one.

Rising Tides continues the story of the Quinn brothers, though focusing on Ethan (the second kid Ray and Stella Quinn adopted) and Grace, a single mother who's been in love with him since always (and who Ethan has been in love with since always as well).
The book is actually too focused on them, on their romance. I would've loved that because I'm a sucke...more

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May 25, 2010 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-contemporary, audio, read-in-2010

I enjoyed the 2nd book of the Quinn Saga a lot better than the 1st book. Ethan is the most quiet of the Quinn brothers. He lives with the nightmares of his past which prevents him from truly being happy. Both he and Grace have had feelings for one another for years and it has taken them over 10 years for them to finally come together. I like Grace. She worked hard to provide for her daughter and she was the one who made every effort to bring her and Ethan together, despite his protests, otherwis...more

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Mar 21, 2013 Mónica Silva rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Mais uma estória linda acerca dos irmãos Quinn, desta vez com Ethan como foco principal. Tal como os seus irmãos, teve uma infância conturbada, vítima de abusos verbais e físicos, o que o tornou inseguro e cauteloso. Ethan é um homem sereno, calmo e ponderado, mas profundamente apaixonado por Grace, uma mulher lutadora e mãe solteira que fará tudo para garantir um futuro para a sua pequena filha. Contudo, Ethan não deixa transparecer os seu...more

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Feb 05, 2013 Book Binge Blog rated it 4 of 5 stars

There is young Seth, who needs him more than ever. And there is a woman he has always loved but never believed he could have. But beneath Ethan's seemingly still waters is a dark and painful past. He must learn to see around the shadows to accept who he is. Because through Ethan's past lies the future--and his one chance at happiness..
This is the second book in the Chesapeake Bay series and it's Ethan Quinn's story. I love the Quinn brothers. They were all adopted by Ray and Stella Quinn, taken...more There is young Seth, who needs him more than ever. And there is a woman he has always loved but never believed he could have. But beneath Ethan's seemingly still waters is a dark and painful past. He must learn to see around the shadows to accept who he is. Because through Ethan's past lies the future--and his one chance at happiness..
This is the second book in the Chesapeake Bay series and it's Ethan Quinn's story. I love the Quinn brothers. They were all adopted by Ray and Stella Quinn, taken in when nobody else wanted them. Ray and Stella gave them a place to call home and a family to love and the three boys grew up to be extremely grateful for the life that Ray and Stella provided for them.

Ethan is the second oldest of the Quinn brothers and he's the exact opposite of his fast paced, thrill seeking brother Cam. He's a quiet man that likes to live a simple life. He's a loner by nature but he's got a protective streak in him that stretches for miles and miles. When Seth comes into their lives and wreaks havoc with the reputation that Ray Quinn is known by, Ethan is drawn to him because they come from similar backgrounds. They were both abused and it is through Ethan that Seth starts to come around.

This book is told in a slow going kind of flow but the story does pack an emotional punch. When Ethan is confronted with memories of a past that he's tried so hard to leave behind him, everything he goes through really sucker punches you in the gut.

Cam is one of my all time favorite heroes but that didn't diminish my love for his brother Ethan. I loved getting to know the quiet man we were introduced to in Cam's book, Seaswept. I loved getting into his head and watching him stumble his way to his happy ending with Grace. I loved that even though Grace was the one that was down on her luck, Ethan needed her just as much as she needed him. I loved seeing the two of them come together and I really liked seeing the bond form between Seth and Aubrey.

This was a solid read and I always love re-reading this series. It's my favorite series by Nora Roberts and I don't think that will ever change.

Grade: 4.25 out of 5

This review was originally posted on Book Binge by Rowena.(less)

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Jan 27, 2013 Estara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebook, read-in-2013, re-read, favorites

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Rising Tides (trigger warning for childhood rape of the hero)

I think this is my favourite of the original trilogy. I really seem to like the love stories where the heroine is the quiet, content, competent type (maybe because she is so totally unlike me and I don't start thinking "I'd never do that" or "she should do that"? I wonder). It's an interesting pairing because the hero is ALSO the quiet, thoughtful type - and both of them have a spine of steel.

Grace has always loved Ethan, but she's 8 y...more Rising Tides (trigger warning for childhood rape of the hero)

I think this is my favourite of the original trilogy. I really seem to like the love stories where the heroine is the quiet, content, competent type (maybe because she is so totally unlike me and I don't start thinking "I'd never do that" or "she should do that"? I wonder). It's an interesting pairing because the hero is ALSO the quiet, thoughtful type - and both of them have a spine of steel.

Grace has always loved Ethan, but she's 8 years younger than him. She used to be the cherished only daughter of her strong-willed father and home-making mother (whose way of dealing with her daughter reminds me a lot of my impression of how mine dealt with me). I admire the fact that when her dreams for her life (Ethan not showing any interest to her, she decided she at least wanted to fulfil her dream of dancing professionally) didn't suit her parents and they refused to support her in them financially, she used her strong will to start working hard at labour-intensive jobs and save for her dream. And then a weak-willed guy sweet-talked her into bed, she got pregnant, they got married and shortly before her daughter's birth he panicked and ran off.

I doubly admire the way that Grace embraced her love for her daughter Aubrey and decided to work her best to give Aubrey the best she could. I totally understand her refusal to ask her father for help after he had cut her out of his life because he had been disappointed in her choice of careers and husbands. He adores his granddaughter though. So she looks like a ballerina and juggles numerous jobs to make ends meet.

Ethan was the second boy the Quinns adopted and he had been sold by his mother from age 8 to 12 to support her drug habit. This memory has kept him from ever trying for Grace, whom he has loved since she was 15 and is the big obstacle between the two, when Anna manages to talk her new friend Grace into actively going after Ethan.

He can't keep his hands off her for long when she makes it clear she wants him, and they get ever closer, but his feeling of being dirtied by his past leads him to try and "spare her" from making the mistake of marrying him. He goes as far as to eventually tell her why, but isn't willing to see whether it could work out.

There's a great talking to that Ethan gets from Anna, where she rightfully makes him realise that if he thinks Seth, who has a very similar background to Ethan, might grow up to be worthy of building a family, why not realise that he isn't what his biological mother made him either.

I cheered when Grace really lets him have it for his presumption of thinking he new best what she could handle or not and while she's got her mad up finally confronting her father with the disappointment of his treatment of her dreams these few years. I loved the fact that they made up, because for them loving the other was more important who was right in the argument in the first place. I envy that.

And the scene-stealer is two-year-old Aubrey, no question.(less)

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Dec 30, 2012 Stacy rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: couldnt-finish

The first couple chapters are okay but the rest I found annoying. I made it to about page 150 before I started flipping pages and skimming. Then I began skipping large chunks of pages.

No matter where I ended up in the book, it was like I had not left off somewhere else because they do the same things over and over.

They talk. They argue. They go their separate ways. Grace is off doing her thing while Ethan creeps around her on purpose or "accidentally" shows up during intense times. He saves her...more

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Jul 23, 2012 Tempo de Ler rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Neste segundo volume da Saga da Baía de Chesapeake ficamos a conhecer melhor o pacato, introvertido e solitário Ethan - o segundo miúdo a ser adoptado por Ray e Stella Quinn.

Ethan ama Grace, uma jovem mãe solteira, desde sempre. Mas nunca se atreveu a ultrapassar a barreira da amizade...até que ela o obriga a fazê-lo!

O passado de Ethan, que ele faz questão de manter em segredo, é um entrave para a sua felicidade futura e apenas quando começa a parti...more

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Jul 21, 2012 Lizzie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: angst, contemp-romance, read-in-2012

My recent read of Carolina Home gave me a taste to re-read Roberts's Chesapeake quartet, a much loved set of books that I lent out and never got back. So there was nothing to do but order a new set and read away. This is number two in the series and always felt like the most realistic of the books. Unlike books 1, 3, and 4, the leads are "normal" people (a fisherman and a house cleaner) rather than world-famous stuntmen (what a Roberts archetype! Sea Swept, Finding the Dream) or ect.

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Jan 28, 2012 Maria rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: nora-roberts-re-reads, romance

Ethan and Grace's story rivals that of Cam and Anna, the first book in this series, but Ethan's truly awful history really caught my emotions. Watching him struggle between his desire for Grace (of 10 years duration) and his horror at the possibility of creating a child like his own mother and therefore his conviction that he should not marry or have children or even have love in his life was almost more than I could bear. I cried repeatedly and felt wrung out by the end of the book - in spite o...more

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Jun 01, 2011 Ning rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, kindle, romance

เป็นเรื่องของน้องชายคนถัดมา Ethan

ระหว่าง 3 คนพี่น้อง อีธาน เป็นคนที่ผ่านชีวิตโหดร้าย
ใกล้เคียงกับน้องใหม่ ที่สุดแล้ว (แต่มากกว่าเยอะ)
ฉะนั้น การดำเนินเรื่องจะคล้าย ๆ สอนกันไป สอนกันมา
เทียบเคียงกันไป-มา เป็นตัวอย่างให้กันและกัน

เล่มนี้มีความเป็นดราม่าเยอะกว่าเล่มที่แล้วมาก
แต่ระดับความขำขันกลับลดลง แต่ยังคงคุณภาพอยู่ 55
ชอบเวลาพี่น้องเค้าอยู่ด้วยกันจริง ๆ เลย

นางเอกเหมือนจะดี แต่แอบน่ารำคาญเล็กน้อย
เข้าใจว่าพระเอกเป็นถดถอย นางเอกเลยต้องรุกมากหน่อย ..
ก็... มากไปหน่อยนั่นแหล่ะ ..

เล่มนี้ยังไม่เฉลยอะไรเลย
คว...more

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Feb 10, 2011 Lea's Audiobooks Hensley rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The only audiobook I ever listened too with my husband. I recorded my experience in the "Listening to Those Sex Scenes" Speaking of Audiobooks column:

Tooling down the road with my dear hubby on a long trip to Colorado, I had big plans to introduce him to romance by listening to Nora Roberts’ Rising Tides and prove to him that romance could be as good as or better than the occasional Nicholas Sparks book he read. After all, the book is told more from a male perspective and is part of a series abo...more

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Sep 28, 2010 Jane Stewart rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contempry-romance-with-some-fantasy

Not good as a stand alone story, but good as part of the series. The characters are quiet, hard-working, and pleasant.

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-...more Not good as a stand alone story, but good as part of the series. The characters are quiet, hard-working, and pleasant.

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 stars
Rising Tides (Ethan and Grace) 3 stars
Inner Harbor (Phillip and Sybill) 3 stars
Chesapeake Blue (Seth and Dru) 2.5 stars

STORY BRIEF (Rising Tides, Book 2):
As a child, Ethan was abused by his prostitute-drug-addict mother and sold to men. Ethan has decided never to marry or have children because he believes his blood is tainted with his mother’s genes. He has secretly loved Grace for years but never acted on it. Ethan is quiet, introverted, and works as a waterman (fishing for crabs). Grace is eight years younger. She has secretly loved Ethan since she was a teenager, but she gave up on him since he never showed any interest. She got pregnant and married at age 22. Her husband left before the baby was born. Grace has been raising her daughter alone and working two jobs: cocktail waitress and cleaning houses. The relationship will happen only if Grace makes the first moves, because Ethan will never act on his feelings.

REVIEWER’S OPINION:
Book 2 is good but not great. There wasn’t much happening, not much plot. The best part was seeing the further development of 10-year-old Seth through his relationships with the three adult Quinn brothers. Read book 1 first. If you like that, then read this.

DATA:
Story length: 330 pages. Swearing language: strong. Sexual language: none. Number of sex scenes: 4. Total number of sex scene pages: 9. Setting: current day Chesapeake Bay area in Maryland. Copyright: 1998. 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.(less)

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Jan 29, 2012 Marianne rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Rising Tides is the second of the Chesapeake Bay series by Nora Roberts. Ethan, the quiet, crab-fishing middle Quinn brother, has been attracted to Grace Monroe since they were young, but first she was too young and then she was married and divorced and a young mother, and anyway, she couldn’t want this damaged soul, could she? Except she does: and finally takes action to make it clear. But as far as Ethan is concerned, their relationship can’t progress to marriage because of something that happ...more

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Jan 16, 2012 Tytti rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Found it on sale, hoping it's good...

OHOI SPOILERS AHEAD!!
It was a good book, maybe a bit slow at times, but still very good. At times it didn't felt like a Nora Roberts's book, this was somehow different, maybe because of the main characters.
There's Ethan, a loner, who loves water, building boats, peaceful moments...and he has a terrible past. And he has loved Grace nearly ten tears, but has swore that he would never hurt her with his past. So he has kept his distance...
And then there's Grace,...more

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Jul 25, 2010 adventurat rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, e-book, fiction, romance

It's been a while since I read Roberts's Sea Swept, but I fell right back into this, the second volume in a family saga trilogy, as if it had been just yesterday. The unresolved issues from the previous book are still unresolved in this one - was the Quinns' father's car crash an accident or suicide? Was he Seth's father? Where is Seth's mother, and what will she try next? - and as a unifying theme, this family mystery and common concern is a good one.

This is the story of Ethan, whose personal...more

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Dec 30, 2012 Lydia Perversius rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chesapeake-bay-saga

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. "There's too much misery in the short time we spend living, Ethan, to turn away happiness. You remember to value your joys." - Raymond Quinn

Before I start on this one's review, I'd like to mention that I'll send my dentist's bill to Mrs. Roberts. No, seriously, the sweetness in Ethan's story pretty much brought me to my knees. One can only imagine how the hell a story in which the main guy has flashbacks of being whored by his own mother for drugs can be sweet, but I'm telling you, it did the wo...more "There's too much misery in the short time we spend living, Ethan, to turn away happiness. You remember to value your joys." - Raymond Quinn

Before I start on this one's review, I'd like to mention that I'll send my dentist's bill to Mrs. Roberts. No, seriously, the sweetness in Ethan's story pretty much brought me to my knees. One can only imagine how the hell a story in which the main guy has flashbacks of being whored by his own mother for drugs can be sweet, but I'm telling you, it did the work for me just fine.

Ethan Quinn was the second boy that was taken in by Raymond and Stella Quinn to be raised as their own. He had, in my opinion, the worst early life out of the three boys (I'm not counting Seth, seeing as he had similar things happen to him). He's a waterman, making his living by fishing on big scale at the Bay, and was the one who brought up the idea of the Quinns making boats together as a profession. Since Cam has to go to Rome with his wife, Anna, for their honeymoon, and Phillip is still just making weekend trips home and staying at his loft in Baltimore for the rest of the week, Ethan is the one responsible for Seth at the beginning of this book. Grace Monroe, their housekeeper, helps him a great deal, of course, but the unspoken romantic feelings between them will do anything but keep things simple in this case. And while Ethan pulls away and Grace pushes near, Seth's mother, Gloria DeLauter, is drawing closer to the safe haven that the blue house by the Bay in St. Christopher has been up till now....

Like I said, no matter how it may seem otherwise, for me this story was as sweet as powdered sugar on top of a melting bar of milk chocolate. Ethan and Grace just give you this feeling as a couple. The classic sweethearts that have been in love with each other from their teens but have never been able to express themselves. I understand Ethan's reasons concerning the time Grace was still in school, but he should have swept her off her feet the minute she tuned eighteen and legal. It's nice to think things through in a slow and careful pace, but it's pretty much annoying to wait for so damn long!
"If I'd left the matter up to you, we'd have been pinching each other's butts in a nursing home."
A guy has that much patience and control, you have to give him credit for that, but imagine being in Grace's place and pining over him for years, even after getting married and having a baby. It turns quite tiring. I rammed my knee on my desk when I pretty much leaped out of my chair to cheer for him taking her against the tree. It was rough, it was nearly violent, and yes, it was scary, but it was him, and if you can't trust a woman who's been in love with you for a decade to accept your dark side, I don't know who you should trust. His hold on his hormones was so intense, he reached the point where he acted like a scaredy cat in front of forward, flirty women (and I'm not talking only about Grace, there was also that bimbo, Linda). Grace was one of those people who are truly strong emotionally and mentally to take on the world, so to speak, but I have to admit, the way she was acting and how she looked really called for one's protection. Up to the point where she all but yelled his ears off (and boy, wasn't that a wonderful scene), I was about to believe it as well. Honestly, the woman is about to melt on the floor because he brought her flowers, how can you expect poor ol' me to think she can handle herself even if she's raising a kid on her own? Romantic types always gave me that fragile impression. Her bitching backbone and the verbal lashing she took on Gloria were a true surprise full of pure female pleasure on my part. And the part where she stormed to her father's place and they had a heart-to-heart would fall in the same category, if they weren't so mushy afterwards ( *sniff* oh, you stupid tears, stop it this instant, I'm not that much of a daddy's girl - OK, maybe I am *sniff*).

Aubrey was cute. Really. But is it my fault if I wanted to gag and tie her in some parts? Kid, you're a ball of sunshine and giggles, we get it, but if you ask me, you need a spanking session or two, and some discipline. I tried to control my nerves when she kept cutting off Ethan in his poor effort to have a decent conversation with Grace after their much anticipated kiss. But through the book, I couldn't help but feel she's a little spoiled by Grace and her grandparents. Maybe I am a bitch with little to no patience, but still, a bit of control wouldn't hurt. She was lucky Ethan wasn't like Cam - now I would kill at least five people to see the hotheaded Alpha male keeping his wrath in check when the little princess interrupted him during such an important event.

It was also nice to see Anna teaming up with Grace against Ethan. The kitchen scene after the couple's fight was hilarious, and only a controlled woman like Anna would be able to pull that off. Though I expected things to focus a bit on her trauma again, since Seth and Ethan didn't know about it. An emotional scene or something, maybe. Hmmm...

The ending was spectacular. It's not the usual emotionally charged way that helps end things in most romances. No, it was something that was due time already, and that added to the sweetness of the story. Plus, the smell of peanuts in the end, the same peanuts that Ray's ghost had been munching on, gave a supernatural feeling to it.
She sighed, then gave the air a puzzled sniff. "Peanuts," she said and snuggled against him. "That's funny. I could swear I smell peanuts."
"I'll explain it to you." He tilted her head up for one soft kiss. "In a little while."

I have to read Phillip's story now. I'm not exactly excited about it, since Phillip is my least favorite of the Quinns, but I do hope I change my mind soon.(less)

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Jul 09, 2012 QiJia 치쟈 rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned, nora-roberts

3.5 stars
A really really slow paced book just like Ethan
Slow and steady is Ethan virtue but God he is just so damn freaking SLOW
Ethan's a good responsible steady think-through-everything man but he really is dumb sometimes
Cam and Philip is more fun than Ethan
but after reading Ethan's childhood I understand how he got this personality
Rising Tides is the sequel to Sea Swept
we see how the Quinns continue looking after each other especially Seth
I love watching how the Quinns bond with Seth and seein...more

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Aug 27, 2010 Krista (One Love) (Critical) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, cont-romance, fave-author, nora-roberts, own-ab, heroine-i-hate, wall-banger, male-degradation

This book is boring and annoying. I don't particularly like Ethan or Grace, though I hate Grace even more.

Nothing much happens here. Seth is even more annoying than ever. He punches Ethan in the face twice, and a few more times in the stomach. Actually punches him, with all his might! The stupid little kid! Yeah, he had a sucky few years of childhood, but that doesn't give him the right to punch his guardian! And not even get in trouble for it! I'm sorry, but Ethan should at least have yelled a...more This book is boring and annoying. I don't particularly like Ethan or Grace, though I hate Grace even more.

Nothing much happens here. Seth is even more annoying than ever. He punches Ethan in the face twice, and a few more times in the stomach. Actually punches him, with all his might! The stupid little kid! Yeah, he had a sucky few years of childhood, but that doesn't give him the right to punch his guardian! And not even get in trouble for it! I'm sorry, but Ethan should at least have yelled at the brat. Seriously, if I was ten and punched my mother or father in the face (more than once) they'd have freakin' killed me! So stupid.

The way I see it: you shouldn't hit someone that can't hit you back. Since an honorable man in his thirties isn't going to hit a ten-year-old boy, said boy should not hit said man. This goes for a woman, too. A woman shouldn't hit a man, because the man can't hit back (without being considered evil, anyway). Women can hit women, and men can hit men. I don't know, maybe I'm just not a fan of violence.

It pissed me off that Anna butted her unwanted head into Ethan's business. It was unnecessary, seeing as how Grace already screamed at him for about an hour and practically beat him up, so I thought her rampage of insults was uncalled-for. Apparently, Ethan has "big clumsy hands" and a "fat head," and then she says to him "Don't you dare get out of that chair. I swear I'll belt you." BELT YOU! And then she goes in for the sympathy card and goes "Oh, I was raped..." blah blah blah. She's SO ANNOYING! Are you freaking kidding me!? How is that okay? Just because she's a woman? If a guy said "I'll belt you" to a woman, everyone would be pissed. Anna always brings up her rape when someone is sad, just to prove that she's been "just as sad." Apparently, because she was raped, she knows everything about everyone's feelings and lives and is a mind-reader. Yeah, it was a horrible thing that happened to her, but I don't even care, because I hate her guts! What gives her the right to lecture Ethan? Honestly! She calls him stupid about forty times in two pages.

And then, of course, Ethan NEVER gets angry when people spout out thousands of insults his way. And after she gets done pelting him with said insults, he goes all, oh, poor Anna, don't cry, and my wonderful dead mother would have loved you. Really? Why? Because she's an interfering b*tch?

The reason for the three stars is because the characters are distinct and well developed. I find that with NR heroines, they are either A) mean and pissy throughout the whole book, or, B) really nice the whole book, and then, suddenly, at the very end, they become horrible, mean shrews pissed off at everyone for no reason.

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Nov 21, 2011 Nina rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, series, small-town, tortured-hero, swoon

I kind of thought Ethan would be saved for last for some reason. Maybe it was the whole still waters running deep thing and the fact that his history was alluded to in the first book and it seemed pretty bad. Bad enough to leave his salvation for last. Buuut, then again, you can tell that his lady love is going to be the pretty, but tired single-mother Grace Monroe, so yes, of course he would be next.

I loooooooooved the first half of this book. It had that Can't Put It Down quality I didn't get...more I kind of thought Ethan would be saved for last for some reason. Maybe it was the whole still waters running deep thing and the fact that his history was alluded to in the first book and it seemed pretty bad. Bad enough to leave his salvation for last. Buuut, then again, you can tell that his lady love is going to be the pretty, but tired single-mother Grace Monroe, so yes, of course he would be next.

I loooooooooved the first half of this book. It had that Can't Put It Down quality I didn't get from the first. I loved getting to know Ethan and his slow, measured, thoughtful ways. When he came home and didn't think twice about the mud he was tracking in until he saw the recently mopped floors and the fact that guilt immediately swamps him as he quickly heads to the closet with the cleaning stuff? I'm sitting back and ready to give myself to this man. This man with a broken past who sails the ocean and wants a simple life. This beautiful, salt of the earth man was the perfect match for Grace. She's working herself to the bone to provide for her golden baby girl, and I'm impressed. She has pride and wit and she's a former ballerina who twirls when she's stressed and I believed. Oh, I believed her. I respected and loved and I wanted so much for these two.

Then they got down to it, and hate to say it, but I lost a little of my love for Grace. She pined and turned into a happy school girl ready to marry. Just like that. Look, I get it. She's loved Ethan for years. Of course she has. But the sex went from hot refusal to Come Here Baby Of Course I'm Gonna Seduce You Slow, and it lost momentum. I stopped believing a little. I lost that spark in Grace, until Their Rocky Part happens and she's got a bit of that bite back. I saw that Badass Single Mother in her again, and I saw the fight in Ethan, all systems were go and by the end I was back in love.

Cam and Anna were perfect together. I get them now. I love them and get them and I want to hang out. Seth is a charming, snot-nosed, lovable kid whose learning to relax and trust, and I'm enchanted instead of annoyed. That's good writing. The questions about his mother and her deal with Ray are starting to drive me crazy, but in a good, what's going on, sort of way.

Now, onto Phillip. What secret are you keeping from me, you pickpocket, you. (less)

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Sep 08, 2009 Jaime rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, audio, romance

I really enjoyed this second book in the Quinn Brothers series. This book focuses on the love story between Ethan and Grace, the single mother who cleans their house and who the brothers have known since they were kids. The thread that ties the books together has to do with Seth, the youngest foster brother. The way he ended up as part of the family wasn’t entirely through the proper legal channels, so there is concern about his mother showing up in his life again. That storyline doesn’t really...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Jintana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-audio-collection

เล่มที่ 2 ของพี่น้องตระกูล Quinn เป็นเรื่องราวของ Ethan ที่ผ่านประสบการณ์เลวร้ายในวัยเด็กจากแม่ที่เป็นโสเภณี ที่ทำร้ายร่างกายและจิตใจจนเขาตั้งใจแน่วแน่ว่าจะไม่มีวันแต่งงานและมีลูกกับผู้หญิงคนไหนทั้งสิ้น เพราะกลัวว่าจะเพิ่มเชื้อพันธุ์ที่เลวร้ายให้กับสังคม ทั้ง ๆ ที่รักนางเอกมาตั้งแต่แรกแต่ก็ไม่เคยเปิดเผยความรู้สึกกับเธอ จนในที่สุดนางเอกต้องเป็นฝ่ายรุกและรุกและรุก...จนคนอ่านอายแทน555

นางเอก Grace หลงรักพระเอกมาตั้งแต่เริ่มสาวแต่ด้วยความที่คิดว่าพระเอกคงไม่สนใจในตัวเธอ จึงตัดสินใจแต่งงานไปกับผู้ชายค...more เล่มที่ 2 ของพี่น้องตระกูล Quinn เป็นเรื่องราวของ Ethan ที่ผ่านประสบการณ์เลวร้ายในวัยเด็กจากแม่ที่เป็นโสเภณี ที่ทำร้ายร่างกายและจิตใจจนเขาตั้งใจแน่วแน่ว่าจะไม่มีวันแต่งงานและมีลูกกับผู้หญิงคนไหนทั้งสิ้น เพราะกลัวว่าจะเพิ่มเชื้อพันธุ์ที่เลวร้ายให้กับสังคม ทั้ง ๆ ที่รักนางเอกมาตั้งแต่แรกแต่ก็ไม่เคยเปิดเผยความรู้สึกกับเธอ จนในที่สุดนางเอกต้องเป็นฝ่ายรุกและรุกและรุก...จนคนอ่านอายแทน555

นางเอก Grace หลงรักพระเอกมาตั้งแต่เริ่มสาวแต่ด้วยความที่คิดว่าพระเอกคงไม่สนใจในตัวเธอ จึงตัดสินใจแต่งงานไปกับผู้ชายคนอื่นและอุ้มท้องลูกสาวกลับบ้านเมื่อผู้ชายคนนั้นทิ้งเธอไป เธอทำงานหาเลี้ยงตัวและลูกโดยการเป็นสาวเสิร์ฟในบาร์เหล้าและรับจ้างทำงานบ้านให้กับครอบครัว Quinn

เนื้อเรื่องดำเนินไปแบบเรื่อย ๆ ตัวละครเอกไม่น่าเร้าใจเท่ากับ Cameron และ Anne

อ่านเรื่องนี้แล้วค่อนข้างหงุดหงิดกับพระเอกที่ช่างคิดอะไรได้ไม่เข้าท่าเอาซะเลย (less)

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Jan 03, 2013 Arttemizza rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: blogroling, leituras-2012

Personagens? Lamentavelmente, este foi um dos casais que não me encantou como estava à espera. Ethan, tal como os seus irmãos também teve uma infância conturbada e talvez a pior que todos os outros, apesar ele se ter tornado um homem cauteloso (na minha opinião excessivamente), calmo e forte nunca chegou verdadeiramente a ultrapassar o seu passado. Grace é uma amiga de infância da família, uma mulher lutadora e independente. A relação de ambos é doce, ternurenta, lentinha mas apaixonada, no ent...more

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Aug 12, 2012 Books are my Pyrocant rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

The characters in the Chesapeke series are beautifully written. Ethan and Grace are no exception to this. Although I loved the main characters of Ethan and Grace, this Installment was a bit inconsistent and the flow was off. I still enjoyed the story and would recommend the read. The sad truth is that the Ethan and Grace are great characters and should have had better flow to their story. I also missed the brother banter from the first book. Not enough here.

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Mar 21, 2012 Gabriela rated it 3 of 5 stars

This was the second book of a 3 book series based on the story of 3 brothers who are asked by their dying father to take care of a foster kid who is 10 years old. The book itself was a quick read and still keeps you interested with wanting you to know what happens at the end with the background story.. so you have to read book #3. I definately liked the first book better (which developed the first brother's love story), this book developed the story of the second brother, which although had some...more

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Mar 28, 2009 Stacey rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009-books

This has to be one of the best, if not THE best, books I have ever had the pleasure to read.
Rising Tides is the 2nd book in this series. Each book focuses on one of the 4 brothers adopted by Ray and Stella Quinn. Each of the boys had a horrible childhood until they were taken in by the Quinns.
This book tells the story of the 2nd boy, Ethan. Due to the awful things Ethan's bioligical mother allowed to happen to him, Ethan made the decision early in life that he would never allow her genes to be...more

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Dec 25, 2011 Tracey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2011

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Apr 04, 2013 Lover of Romance rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: contemporary, favorites

Rising Tides is the second installment in the Chesapeake Bay Saga, where we begin with Ethan's story. Ethan like his brothers came into the Quinn family with a difficult past that with the help of Ray and Stella Quinn was able to overcome and make a good life out of himself. Ethan has always had a secret desire for one woman, that has held his heart for many years, Grace. Grace, having to bear the responsibility of being a single mother to her beloved daughter, whom she sacrifces much for. Havin...more Rising Tides is the second installment in the Chesapeake Bay Saga, where we begin with Ethan's story. Ethan like his brothers came into the Quinn family with a difficult past that with the help of Ray and Stella Quinn was able to overcome and make a good life out of himself. Ethan has always had a secret desire for one woman, that has held his heart for many years, Grace. Grace, having to bear the responsibility of being a single mother to her beloved daughter, whom she sacrifces much for. Having been divorced, and enstranged from her father, times are tough on grace and wearing her thin. When she goes to work as a house cleaner for the Quinns, she is faced frequently with Ethan, whom she has always been strongly attracted to ever since she was young. As she struggles with trying to raise her daughter on her own, and stay independent, things heat up between Grace and the middle Quinn brother. As these two souls come together, and find a precious love they never expected to find, they also find a child, Seth, who needs love and guidance as Ethan bonds with him and finds that he and Seth have more in common than either of them realize, that will make them stronger to face a danger on the horizon, that could disrupt the fragile trust that Seth has built up on the Chesepeake Bay.

I just loved Ethan and Grace's story, in Rising Tides, we see a romance blossom (finally) between Grace and Ethan whom both are lost in their own way, but find it in each others love. Grace, although circumstances should have left her broken, only have given her a inner strength, to raise her daughter on her own financially and emotionally. When things start to heat up between her and Ethan, she discovers that she has loved him much longer than she ever realized. She yearns to make him see that their love that they have found, will only strengthen them not destroy them. Ethan, having a difficult time in overcoming his past, realizes that he has fallen in love with Grace, but knows that he can never marry her and give her what she deserves. He doesn't want his past to taint her and her future, but he will find that she will meet him with full on stubborness and fight like hell to give him hope and trust in their love to overcome any challenge no matter the difficulty involved. This was definitely a great book, and I loved it just as much as the first one. I admired both of these characters, they both have experienced pain and suffering, but they also find a way to rise above it. As we see a love grow between them, I found myself on their side, hoping that both of them would see reason, and learn to trust in their feelings for each other, which give them a strength they never expected to find within themselves. I also loved the bond that grows between them and the boy who has come into their home, who needs healing and laughter and love more than anything. I could see how much Seth grows just from these two books so far. It was truly a delightful adventure to discover in this saga.(less)

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