Crashed Out

Its place in Made in Jersey

Crashed Out is book 1 in the Made in Jersey series. It is followed by Rough Rhythm. See the full Made in Jersey reading order.

Made in Jersey is a five-book series set in the fictional working-class town of Hook, New Jersey, following a tight circle of friends and family -- centered on the Purcell siblings -- as each finds their way back to, or into, a hometown romance. It opens with Crashed Out, in which factory worker Jasmine Taveras reunites with Sarge Purcell, the musician who left Hook (and her) behind four years earlier for a shot at a music career, now returned and still writing songs about her. Later books turn to Sarge's sister…