#1 The Chesapeake Novels - A lot can happen in sixteen years, but falling out of love isn't one of them!  Pride has always kept a tight rein on Libba Delacourt, the pride that drove her away from Russ Hennessey and into the arms of a traveling actor, and the same pride that has kept her away from her home and family in Maryland for years. It's not until she receives word her mother is ill that Libba finally swallows that pride, quits her job as a genetic biologist, packs up her sixteen-year-old daughter, Chloe, and heads back east. The moment she takes her first breath of the humid salty air of the Chesapeake Bay, Libba knows how desperately she has missed living her. As it turns out, Libba is not the only person to return home that long, hot summer. Russ Hennessey has also made his way back with plans to resurrect his family's fishing business - plans that collapse when an unseen menace sabotages his ambitions. After Libba and Russ are thrown together once again, they discover some awful truths about life in their small town—-truths that hit awfully close to home.