monterey (calif.)

Joelle D'Angelo feels alone after her best friend, Mara, suffers an aneurysm while giving birth and is left with brain damage, and after the comfort she receives from Liam, Mara's husband, leads to something more, Joelle's shame drives her to seek the help of Carolynn Kling Shire, the healer who saved Joelle's life as an infant.

Nell and Nate Kidd, visiting Monterey with their mother, a well-known ecologist, team up with the local sheriff to find out who is killing the sea otters that live along the California coast.

Above the town of Monterey on the California coast lies the shabby district of Tortilla Flat where Danny and his colorful group of friends live and where their revels recall the exploits of King Arthur's knights.

Kate Powell, orphaned at the age of eight, grows up determined never to disappoint the family who raised her, and finds success in a boutique partnership with two friends, and love with hotelier Byron DeWitt.

Laura Templeton finds love after dealing with the failure of her marriage and trying to live her life and raise her children in southern California without the aid of the Templeton fortune.

Elizabeth Lange is haunted by the tragic death of her sister Leila, who plunged from the balcony of her New York penthouse under mysterious circumstances. While visiting the Cypress Point Spa, Elizabeth decides to find out exactly what happened.

In 1818, Carlito, an eleven-year-old boy in the Spanish-owned town of Monterey, California, sees his quiet life threatened when the Argentinian privateer Hippolyte de Bouchard attacks with his pirate ships.

Fifteen-year-old Kendra Bishop quickly regrets her rash decision to write to a new reality television show when she finds herself in Monterey, California, living with a large family of activists rather than in a Manhattan apartment with her uptight, money-oriented parents.