"Eleven-year old Florilla Munion is the daughter of Jack Munion a magician who bills himself as the Wizard Of The Pines. Florilla's mother is dead and her abusive father has left her with her grandmother, old Peggy Munion, known locally as a witch. Now Peggy Munion has died and the child is alone. When Dr. Peace, the black doctor of the Pines, arrives to discover this, he takes Florilla to his friend Benjamin Bender. Benjamin Bender is a classicist, utopian socialist and enlightened owner of the Benderville Mills, a textile mill in the heart of the Pines. Dr. Peace is convinced that Florilla has psychic and healing powers and would be valuable to her violent, feckless father in his act. He feels that Benderville can provide safety and the schooling she deserves. Reluctantly, Benjamin Bender agrees to take her. Although Florilla has run wild in the woods for the past five years of living with her grandmother, she adapts to life at Benderville, becoming Benjamin Bender's apt pupil, easily learning Latin and Greek. Her father shows up, is paid off, but periodically sends requests for more money. Jack Munion is an ordinary sleight of hand magician, and Benjamin Bender knows that, having some idea of her abilities, what he really wants is the girl herself. When Florilla reaches her late teens, Benjamin Bender, afraid that he won't be able to keep her out of Munion's clutches, tries to marry her off"--

Deep in the pines and bays of South Jersey, Yane Ratio and his cat, B-Money, are aliens from the planet Nod who landed their rocket tea set and decided to stay. It was 1702 when they arrived, just as a rumor about a monster called the Jersey Devil was horrifying the area of Leeds Point, New Jersey. B-Money decided Yane could take on the role of the Jersey Devil, fending off questions about who they were. For two hundred years, they made a living by fishing and scaring the natives unsung. It took the meeting of Jersey and the most beautiful witch in New Jersey, maybe the world, to bring life and heart to this stranger beyond his wildest dreams.

Presents legends and lore of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, an area occupying roughly one million acres.

Series title taken from publisher website.