Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts 1998 A Jove Book
[image error]This is a trilogy of Nora Roberts that covers the three romances of brothers Cameron, Phillip, and Ethan Quinn. Ray and Dr. Stella Quinn took in the three boys at different times. Each one came from an abused home or background and they provided them stability and love at a seaside home on the Chesapeake Bay.
Sea Swept centers on Cameron who likes fast cars, fast boats, and fast women. He throws one out of his room when he hears Ray is dying. Ray ran his car into a telephone pole. He also was in the process of adopting another lost boy, Seth, 10.
The book focused on Cameron and Anna Spinelli’s affair. She is Seth’s social worker and cares about his future. She isn’t looking for love. But as Cameron builds a relationship with Seth, Anna falls in love with Cameron, who can’t wait to get back to fast cars, fast boats, and fast women. The conflict keeps them apart as each reconsiders giving their heart to another.
The story brings up several questions such as was Seth the son of Ray? Which meant he cheated on Stella who died eight years before of cancer. He also paid Seth’s mother Gloria DeLauter $25,000. She claimed Ray was her lover when she took a class of his at the local college. The insurance company is unwilling to pay Ray’s claim because of the rumors of suicide. They hire an investigator to find Seth’s mother for answers, but don’t confront her in this book.
The brothers do unite to fight the insurance company and any slander of their father’s name at the end.
Because she brought up questions and did not answer them in the first book, you have to read the next two to find out what happens to the Quinn family and especially Seth, whose mother is going to cause trouble. Cameron sees Ray’s ghost who answers some of the questions. I don’t know yet if he will appear to the other two brothers. What do you think about using ghosts in a story?
Roberts gives us some guidance on writing trilogies. She introduces the three main characters of each book in the first book. Although she focuses on Cameron, she gives enough background on Phillip and Ethan to make the reader want to know them better. The brothers also start a boat building business and are determined to defend their father’s good name together.
In any trilogy or series, the basic story needs to be resolved. In this case it was the romance between Cameron and Anna. But other elements need to be left unsolved in order to keep the readier’s interest, but I believe at least one element apart from the romance should have been resolved. None of the problems introduced in the first story are resolved. I was a bit angry about this. What do you think?
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