Trouble brews between neighbors in the small town of Ardmore, New Jersey, just inland from the famed Jersey Shore. Longtime Ardmore resident Sarah Applegate is haunted by her past. Abandoned by her parents when she was a child, Sarah was raised by her eccentric grandmother, Molly Cracken, a stern and solemn disciplinarian. Traumatized by an incident in her teens, Sarah is still tortured by her memories. Newcomer Bill Crowley has his own troubled past. Forced to resign a college faculty position due to a student's charges of harassment, he is faced with wavering trust from his wife Janet. Crowley moves his family to Ardmore, seeking a fresh start. But when Bill Crowley moves across the street from Sarah Applegate, the two neighbors embark on a collision course that threatens to upend both of their lives. JERSEY SQUALL is a tale about relationships, trust, and revenge, and the influence of the past on the present and the future.