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Disgraced former prosecutor and reinvented rock shop owner Allie Renault is still learning how to navigate the fascinating world of rocks, gems and minerals. A 10-day partnership with one of her late Uncle Jasper’s old friends at one of Tuscon’s best mineral shows seems like a fantastic opportunity. That is, until she meets her partner, Cash. He's annoying. Opinionated. Obstinate. Things go from bad to worse when they discover a woman’s body in a crate of calcite shipped to them from Mexico. Cash advises Allie to mind her own business and let the police do their job.

Allie Renault’s business "The Alabaster" is going great so why did she have to come up with the crazy plan to sell rocks online? What started as a great idea has morphed into a major headache. Now an angry customer has her on a road trip to the remote Carson Quarry to retrieve a promised delivery that never came.... When she arrives, she’s greeted with a grisly surprise. The bloodstone is waiting for her, but if she wants to load it into her truck, she’s going to have to remove the dead body sprawled on top.

Thirty-two-year-old Allie has hit rock bottom. Fired, disbarred and divorced, she's been relegated to minimum wage obscurity. Things look up when her uncle's will names her the new co-owner of The Alabaster in the trendy new age Mecca of Sedona. Unfortunately it comes with murder.

Fourteen-year-olds Serena and J. T. are headed to Cancun, Mexico. They're not traveling together. Not even on the same plane. In fact they haven't met. Yet.

Sixteen-year-old Jen Wallace leads a double life at Springdale High. In secret she's the wildly popular advice columnist known as ASK AMY. But to the world she's just boring old Jen. Which wouldn't matter if Marc Adams didn't exist. Determined to make him notice her, she accepts a challenge to win a spot on the cheerleading squad. But how can she learn all the right moves when her ASK AMY identity is under attack? Someone is raiding the locked ASK AMY mailbox. They're blackmailing students who've written in for advice. As Jen closes in on the blackmailer, she learns it's a lot easier to dispense advice than to take it. Worse, Jen knows she's being set up for a fall. It's only a matter of time before her secret identity is exposed and her reputation is ruined. It will not only be goodbye to Mark, but to everyone and everything she cares about.

Twelve-year-old Jessica Oliver's summer is ruined. Instead of swimming, scrapbooking, and hanging out with her friend, she's stuck at her Grandma Charlotte's house at the opposite end of the state. Worse, there's no TV, just a million chores.

The moment twelve-year-old Kelsey and her mother arrive at Freedom Lake, it's obvious that this is not going to be the kind of resort experience Kelsey expected. Or hoped for. A nurse escorts a girl in a strait-jacket out the back door of their cabin and Kelsey's creeped out. The girl begs Kelsey for help. Mrs. A., the woman who runs the resort, apologizes and explains that the girl hasn't been taking her meds. That's when Kelsey learns there's a private school on the property for girls with “special needs.”