Chesapeake Blue / Nora Roberts / 501 pages

Seth Quinn, a well-known artist, returns to his home and family on Chesapeake Blue, Maryland.  He had gone to Italy to escape his abusive, neglectful, greedy mother.  His adoption by Ray had perhaps literally saved his life.  Ray's three adopted sons became Seth's brothers and, in time, their families his.  But his drug-addicted, booze-drinking mother keeps begging him for money.  When she threatens his family and his new love, Dru Whitcomb Banks, Seth decides to draw the line.  The confrontation scene is priceless...and the romance not too shabby either.