Maddy Bainbridge knew that the things that drove her crazy about her mother when she was seventeen would drive her even crazier at thirty-two, but Maddy had few choices left

Fifteen-year-old Rosie and her sixteen-year-old sister Skate are looked after by their cousin Angie while their father, a drunk, spends a few weeks in jail, and both girls endure problems with boyfriends and family while living in an old Victorian house on the Jersey shore.

Constance Kopp doesn't quite fit the mold. She towers over most men, has no interest in marriage or domestic affairs, and has been isolated from the world since a family secret sent her and her sisters into hiding fifteen years ago. One day a belligerent and powerful silk factory owner runs down their buggy, and a dispute over damages turns into a war of bricks, bullets, and threats as he unleashes his gang on their family farm. When the sheriff enlists...

Dealing with family problems, girls, and their own competitive natures, high school seniors Ivan Korske and Bobby Zane face each other in the final match of the New Jersey State Wrestling Championship.

"With her new van, Cassie has expanded her Comfy Cat business to include mobile cat grooming. Next stop--a cat expo at a hotel just outside her hometown of Chadwick, New Jersey, where Cassie will give a grooming demo using shelter cats to encourage adoption while her veterinarian boyfriend Mark will offer a program on cat care and health. The highlight of the expo will be a major cat show featuring pop sensation Jaki Natal. Almost as famous as his...

Emily Childs, having devoted twenty-five years to her family only to have her successful banker husband take up with a younger woman, realizes she is going to have to save herself when she is kidnapped and held for a huge ransom.

"The ever-charming David Rosenfelt is back with Muzzled, where reluctant lawyer Andy Carpenter and his beloved golden retriever, Tara, are back on the case as a favor to a friend. Reluctant New Jersey lawyer Andy Carpenter doesn't call many people friend. So when one comes to him for help, he's more than willing to listen, and do what he can. Beth reunites lost dogs with their owners. Over the years, she's helped Andy reunite countless dogs from the...

When three longtime friends make one mistake, they find themselves holding a young girl hostage without the slightest idea of what to do next and setting in motion a chain of decisions that will haunt them forever.

Rocco Klein, veteran homicide detective, has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug-related murder, he has no sense that the case is anything special. A young black man steps forward to confess but a little digging reveals that he's never been in any kind of trouble, whereas his half-brother, Strike, runs a crew of street-corner coke deals - 'clockers' - in a nearby housing project. Soon Rocco is sure that...

Stressed-out yoga teacher Nina Gettleman-Summer and her family--husband Michael, suspicious mother and father, and teenage son Adam--sample a range of spiritual options in a comic search for meaning.