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Five high school freshmen--the Phoenix Five--reveal their friendships, crushes, school and family dramas, and big secrets, as told in their unique voices through journal entries.

When twelve-year-old Ty's brother Thane is recruited out of college to play for the New York Jets, their Uncle Gus uses Ty to get insider information for his gambling ring, landing Ty and Thane in trouble with the Mafia.

Jen Noonan's father thinks a move to Harmony House on the shores of New Jersey is a start to their new lives, but Jen can tell the place has an unhappy history, and she soon learns her father is at the center of one of its most disturbing secrets.

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum joins forces with Diesel, a fellow hunter and sometimes lover, to track down Wulf Grimoire, a wanderer and murderer with no remorse and the ability to hide in any conditions, and as the pair track the elusive criminal, they find themselves plagued by spooky occurrences and the legendary Jersey Devil.

Frank Bascombe's career in real estate is thriving and his life finally seems to be on the right track, but when he is faced with marital and medical crises, he must find a new way to navigate the challenges of life without endangering everything he has worked for.

Constance Kopp is unlike all women of her time, being totally uninterested in marriage or domestics. When her family's buggy is run down by a powerful and ruthless businessman, the dispute over damages turns into a deadly feud. The local sheriff enlists Constance's help, and she proves herself adept at outthinking and disarming criminals.

Unpopular social misfit Wren Caswell suddenly finds herself in the spotlight when she saves the life of lacrosse jock Grayson Barrett at her family's Arthurian-themed catering hall. Now the two seem connected, but love between two people so obviously star-crossed is not easily won.

When Melanie Denison discovers she is ten-weeks pregnant, she decides she is through hiding from her murderous father and goes on a mission to find him before he finds her.

A year after Superstorm Sandy, Lucy's life is returning to normal at the Jersey Shore, where she has grown up surfing with her twin brother, crabbing and long-boarding with friends, and working at Surf Taco, but the torch she holds for summer resident Connor, the center of The Big Mistake, still burns.

"Zoe thought that being cut from her ballet program was the worst thing that could happen, but when her best friend Olivia is diagnosed with a life-threatening disease, Zoe quickly learns that not being able to dance is the least of her problems"--Provided by publisher.