"Ex-convicts Fiction." . . "Clam fisheries." . . "Cape Cod (Mass.)" . . . "Caroline Marcum thought she'd escaped the great mistake of her lifeby leaving Wellfleet harbor, but is forced to face it when she returns, reluctantly, to care for her dying mother. Ridley Neal put his past-and his prison term-behind him to return home to take over his father's oyster and clam beds. Casual acquaintances long ago, when a nor'easter hits the coast, Rid and Caroline's lives intersect once again. When Rid and two other sea farmers are sued by the wealthy owners of vacation homes who want to shut them down, and Caroline accidentally meets the person she most wronged, they each must."@en . "A matter of mercy" . "A matter of mercy"@en . . "Love stories" . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . "\"Caroline Marcum thought she'd escaped the great mistake of her life by leaving Wellfleet Harbor, but is forced to face it when she returns to care for her dying mother. Ridley Neal put his past--and his prison term--behind him to return home to take over his father's oyster and clam beds. Casual acquaintances long ago, their lives intersect once again and they must each set aside their suspicions and learn to trust--and to love\"--Page 4 of cover." . . . . . "Fiction"@en . . "Cape Cod Bay (Mass.)" . . . . "FICTION / Literary" . . "Oyster fisheries Massachusetts Wellfleet Fiction." . . "Wellfleet (Mass.)" . . "Clam fisheries Fiction." . . "Mothers and daughters Fiction." . . "Ex-convicts." . . "Life change events Fiction." . . "Atlantic Ocean" . .