miami (fla.)

With girlfriend Erika, a full-scholarship to college, and a busy life with his tribe of close friends, high school senior Marco Suarez holds tightly to his carefully choreographed life, until Sally, his first kiss, moves back to Miami.

"Mike and Kate are visiting the Miami Marlins ballpark when some rare animals from the ballpark's fish tanks go missing"--Provided by publisher.

"When Julia Rodriguez and her teenage daughter, Beatriz, fled El Salvador, they escaped bloodthirsty gangs, random violence, and Julia's abusive husband. Arriving in Miami, mother and daughter struggled to carve out their own piece of the American dream. While life in the States is hard, it is safer, until Julia rejects her boss's unwanted sexual advances. Suddenly, because of an 'anonymous' tip to the United States immigration authorities, she is arrested, locked in detention, and slated for deportation. Julia's only chance is for Jack to win asylum for his client, an option that's become nearly impossible in America's politically chareged climate"--Provided by publisher.

When the Boeing 747 drops out of the sky with the men of the Cartel aboard, the women of the family have to step up into their own. With the federal government on their heels and the family on the brink of destruction, a female dynasty is born.

When Carter Diamon, the leader of The Cartel, which controls eighty percent of the Miami cocaine industry, dies, his illegitimate son, Carter Jones, takes his place and starts sleeping with the enemy--Miamor, the leader of The Murder Mamas, who wants to take down The Cartel.

After appearing on the reality show "Miami Divas, " Maya Morgan is offered her own television show, but stepping up to the fame means spilling secrets about her friends, and someone will do anything to shut her up.

Moving with his unbearable sister to Miami, Florida, Jack tries to break some of his bad habits but finds himself irresistibly drawn to things disgusting, gross, and weird.

Thirteen-year-old Amy is spending a miserable two weeks on a tiny Irish island with feuding relatives when she and her seventeen-year-old Aunt Clover, with whom she writes an advice column, get sent to Miami, Florida.

Jamie, Carmen, and Alicia, friends and partners in Amigas Inc., a quincean?era party planning business, are faced with important decisions as they approach graduation about their business, their boyfriends, and their futures, and must decide if they have time to squeeze in a job for a renowned young Latina whose identity has to remain secret.

Alicia, Carmen, Jamie, and Gaz are hired by Binky Mortimer, a spoiled, rich, and bubbly girl intent on having the biggest and best Quincean?ra in Miami, but Binky's high demands and expectations wear on the girls from Amigas Inc. and Jamie questions a potential relationship with Binky's brother, Dash. Includes a brief interview with Jennifer Lopez.