Summer in Eclipse Bay
Setting: A small town on the Oregon CoastSensuality: 6Art gallery owner Octavia Brightwell turns down six dates with handsome Nick  Harte before she finds the courage to say "yes." She knows that not only does  Nick have a "no-commitment" reputation, but he's also a member of one of Eclipse  Bay's foremost families. Octavia, on the other hand, is the niece of the  infamous woman who started a feud between Nick's grandfather and another  prominent family, the Madisons, years ago. Sheer attraction wins out, however,  and after one date, Nick is determined to make Octavia more than his dinner  partner. Before the two have time to explore their relationship, a valuable  painting is stolen from Octavia's art gallery and when the town names her as the  prime suspect, she turns to Nick to solve the mystery. The investigation  unravels an old scandal, heals a broken friendship, and forces Nick and Octavia  to face and resolve the passionate attraction that binds them.In this third tale in Jayne Ann Krentz's trilogy about life and love in a small  town on the Oregon Coast, readers get to revisit the quirky characters that  populate Eclipse Bay. The supporting cast also includes the fascinating members  of the Harte and Madison families who starred in prior books. While the mystery  element in the plot is light, the banter between hero and heroine is fun, and  watching these two tread warily through the land mine-strewn road of their  developing relationship is a pleasure.--Lois Faye Dyer