The Fountain At Ugalini's

Discovered in an illicit romance with her uncle, Megan Morgan is forced to face life without her uncle's counsel. Initially, Megan pushes back into her many school activities to fill the void but soon finds herself frustrated by several situations. Kelly Simmons, Megan's recently discovered sister-in-arms, has time only for new love, Ryan Royek. Kate, Megan's mother, is enamored with an attorney, Gus Leone, who she meets through her court-reporting endeavors. Joe Edwards, with whom Megan attended her school's Mistletoe Ball, is sidelined from dating Megan with a sport related injury. Megan must also deal with Harry Campbell, the counselor that Kate requires Megan to see for ten sessions in order to acquire insight on Megan's affair with Jack Morgan. Matters come to a head the night of the school play. Megan becomes involved in bizarre activities at a clandestine post play party at the home of the son, Paul Ugalini, of a wealthy plastic surgeon. New alliances formed at the party will later prove crucial in Megan's life. She finds Paul Ugalini and Nadine Cortez alluring and perplexing and discovers why Paul's precocious younger sister refers to the family bathroom as the "great bath".

On her return home, Megan is forced to accept assistance from a person she despises and encounters two overwhelming traumatic events. Megan must draw on the help of family and friends plus her own resources to survive and overcome the aftermath of those events.

Jose Saco is a pseudonym for the author who lives in rural northwest Pennsylvania. He bases much of his fiction work on his experiences when working as a high school teacher, counselor, coach, and sex abuse therapist.