Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts

Inner Harbor by Nora Roberts 1999 A Jove Book

[image error]This is the final book in the trilogy and Roberts delivers. She gives us more background on Phillip, one of the three Quinn sons. The previous stories covered Cameron and Ethan and their romances.

It’s Phillip’s turn and sophisticated ad man Phillip is matched against Dr. Sybill Griffin, a renowned psychologist who is spying on Seth Quinn, the boy the three brothers are trying to adopt and keep from his drug addicted mother, Gloria.

Roberts releases information about Sybill slowly and paced, and the reader knows she is on a collision course with the Quinn brothers that ratchets up the tension. We finally meet Gloria and are given the background that was withheld in the earlier novels.

As in the previous novels, Ray Quinn’s ghost appears to Phillip and gives him words of wisdom like he did the previous two brothers. The ghost aspect is used sparingly and ties in the family love felt by the four brothers. All the questions about Ray’s relationship with Gloria and Seth are answered in a logical and satisfying way. The ending is especially rewarding.

Roberts excels at setting and the reader will learn a lot about sailing and boat building in all three novels. She also writes emotional and frequent love scenes that define a romance novel.

This was my favorite of the three novels in the trilogy.

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