Abandoned by her mother as a kid, Payton Jones wants no reminders of her past and no commitments. She's beautiful, educated, rich, and gets what she wants - even if her favourite friends-with-benefits, Tony Barnes, is a hot complication. But her life of shopping, spa appointments, and mindless sex is interrupted when the most wanted woman in the Bay area starts hunting for Payton's estranged mother. Curiosity leads Payton into unfamiliar - and risky - territory.