The Haunted OneIt starts out as a perfect summer for eighteen-year-old Paul Barrett. A championship swimmer, he lands a plum job as a lifeguard on a beach at a New Jersey resort. It gets even better when he meets the beautiful Jody Miller, a ballet dancer on vacation. In fact, it's love at first sight.... But all that changes the day he sees Jody, crying out to him for help far out beyond the breakers. Time is running out. He can't reach her. Not today, not ever. But Jody can reach him -- on the phone, on the street, at the beach. And Paul is about to become... The Haunted One |
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