X Dames — J.J. Henderson

An old friend calls Lucy Ripken out of the blue to offer her a job writing for a new reality TV show: The X-Dames, an all-female extreme sports competition, starting with a surfing contest. Lucy jumps at the chance -- the pay is great and means she gets to travel down to the colorful little beach town of Sayulita and get out on the waves again.

While scouting the talent, Lucy makes a friend, an impulsively charismatic young surfer with a gift for both painting and self-destruction named Marcia. Winning the competition means she might be able to pay for art school… or rehab. Either way, it's a win.

But things take a sudden, nasty turn, when one of the contestants turns up dead. It looks like an accident, but Lucy's seen that movie before and suspects it was only made to look that way. One drugged drink later, and Lucy's not only sure it was murder, she's pretty sure she's gonna be next.

With her reality show suddenly skewing less X-Games and more X-Files, Lucy and Marcia hit the beach to save lives, stop bad guys, and maybe work on a tan.