Piper Rouen hates to be called Pip, but ever since she moved back to her home town of San Francisco, it’s all she hears – from old school mates, her father’s friends and yes, even brand new people that step into her life. It’s catchy – and catching on real fast! She left her glamorous job at a glossy magazine in New York, because her life had turned into a silver platter of various problems, all neatly bite-sized. Getting the job of PI at Derek Michael’s PI services, Piper is up for an entire new dish of trouble!

There’s Derek, the boss and married lover – sexy, older and very much tabu, and fully aware she’s asking for trouble, Piper can’t help herself but just rolling the hay with him, because how do you say no to a man you can’t help biting your own lower lip just to keep from moaning at the very thought of?

There’s William, the ex husband – you said your I do’s before God, family and well, okay, maybe not family, because nobody seems to know you have been married, and now that you are divorced, and your ex husband keeps bugging you, because he doesn’t accept the fact that you are no longer his wife, and… man!

There’s Sebastian, the father – the man you constantly let down, first for not being a son, then for not being sporty, then for choosing design instead of law enforcement for higher education, and that you’ve done everything you possibly could to distance yourself from, because you have absolutely nothing in common, yet you are so alike it makes you want to throw up just because, because how do you accept that the man you fear and loath is just like looking in the mirror?

There’s Jonathan, the new beginning - lovable, smart, promising, handsome and so perfect for Piper, that really, really needs to find that rock-steady ground to rest on

And then there’s Pip. Who hates to be called that, but just the same, it seems her nickname is the least of her problems right now!