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A review by pammie823
Sea Swept by Nora Roberts
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Sea Swept was my first Nora Roberts book in probably 15 years. I used to read her books when I was a kid because my mom always got them out of the library and they were lying around my house. But I haven't picked one up as an adult yet. I was intrigued by this series because it is a hero-focused POV novel, which is unusual in romance and I had heard great things about the series as a whole. And I was not worried about whether I'd like the hero or not– I was raised on 90s romances. Cam is right in my wheelhouse.
We open the book with hotshot racer Cameron Quinn in France. He is living his best life, riding high on winning races, gambling and hot women. Then he gets a fax (yes, a fax) from his brother that he needs to come home now, their dad is dying. Cam packs up and heads back to Maryland. When he arrives he finds his dad in a coma and his two brothers waiting for him, along with another lost boy, Seth, his father took in during the last few months. Their father's dying wish is for his three boys to keep Seth. Seth's social worker is Anna Spinelli, a no-nonsense, caring woman who goes above and beyond to ensure her charges are cared for. She tells Cam what's what and he works with his brothers to get their act together to care for Seth. But he and Anna are very attracted to each other and start to realize that maybe this isn't just lust, but something more.
This book was great. It is a quintessential 90s romance. The alpha hero, the heroine who immediately sees through his bullshit, the head-hopping 3rd person POV. I loved all of that. Cam is exactly the kind of hero I grew up reading. He's repressed but has figured out how to cope with the childhood abuse he suffered through sailing and racing cars. He's gruff but will go to hell and back for the few people he loves. Anna was a delight. I miss the heroines of the late 90s and early 2000s who felt really comfortable as themselves. I think it has to be a pre-social media thing. We don't see this much confidence in most of our contemporary romance heroines today.
I loved getting to see Cam and Seth's daily life and spending time with his brothers. I do wish we'd had more time with Anna and Cam alone, but I understand we only get so many pages in a standard novel. I will definitely be reading the rest of this series.
We open the book with hotshot racer Cameron Quinn in France. He is living his best life, riding high on winning races, gambling and hot women. Then he gets a fax (yes, a fax) from his brother that he needs to come home now, their dad is dying. Cam packs up and heads back to Maryland. When he arrives he finds his dad in a coma and his two brothers waiting for him, along with another lost boy, Seth, his father took in during the last few months. Their father's dying wish is for his three boys to keep Seth. Seth's social worker is Anna Spinelli, a no-nonsense, caring woman who goes above and beyond to ensure her charges are cared for. She tells Cam what's what and he works with his brothers to get their act together to care for Seth. But he and Anna are very attracted to each other and start to realize that maybe this isn't just lust, but something more.
This book was great. It is a quintessential 90s romance. The alpha hero, the heroine who immediately sees through his bullshit, the head-hopping 3rd person POV. I loved all of that. Cam is exactly the kind of hero I grew up reading. He's repressed but has figured out how to cope with the childhood abuse he suffered through sailing and racing cars. He's gruff but will go to hell and back for the few people he loves. Anna was a delight. I miss the heroines of the late 90s and early 2000s who felt really comfortable as themselves. I think it has to be a pre-social media thing. We don't see this much confidence in most of our contemporary romance heroines today.
I loved getting to see Cam and Seth's daily life and spending time with his brothers. I do wish we'd had more time with Anna and Cam alone, but I understand we only get so many pages in a standard novel. I will definitely be reading the rest of this series.