Maxine "Maxie" Peterson had just turned eighteen and life was looking good when a fairy godmother she didn't know existed, one Amelia Pomeroy Fitzgerald Fantastica, abruptly dropped into her life. Literally.

Life, for Maxie, has never been the same since.

Amelia has rotten taste in clothes, a fondness for single malt scotch, and an annoying penchant for meddling where she's not wanted. As far as Maxie's concerned, her fairy godmother's "assistance" isn't wanted anywhere, at any time, for any reason whatsoever. Unfortunately for Maxie, when it comes to heeding hints (not to mention demands and outright threats), Amelia has the hide of a rhinoceros-nothing gets through!

Maxie is the owner and sole employee of Maxie Peterson Investigations. When she discovers her newest, richest, and (sadly) only client dead on her office floor with her letter opener through his heart, she isn't surprised to find Amelia's already on the job-Amelia can always be counted on to be in the middle of things, making them worse. What Maxie isn't prepared for is the hunky new detective in charge of the case.

Ben Trueblood is as hard-nosed as Maxie, and just as determined to find the killer, but he's got a major advantage-he doesn't have a fairy godmother making a mess of everything before he even gets started!