It is a place to organize camp meetings by the ocean. In spite of its Edenesque reputation, the town retains its sense of family even if this summer events will prove that feeling of security is false. Some of the town's teens form a witch's coven.
Residents begin hearing chanting and see strange lights and shapes over the nearby ocean.
While jogging on the beach early one morning, ghostwriter Anne Hardaway runs across the dead body of a teen and cryptic signs in the sand that no one can decipher. When the best friend of the deceased runs away from her home, her guardian asks Anne to find the missing Tracy. The teens steal the show, as they seem like a microcosm of today's young adults with many of them suffering serious problems. Author Beth Sherman does a brilliant job of portraying teen angst without corn or sentiment. Comments and suggestions welcome.