Does a clandestine film studio producing pornographic videos of children exist in the Pittsburgh area? Megan Morgan believes it does, and she also believes that somehow the involvement with The Studio of fourteen-year-old Emmanuelle Jansen may have led to Em's death (Volume 3 of Illicit Liaisons). However, Megan has no idea how to go about finding substantial proof about the existence of The Studio to give to her detective friend, Linda O'Hara. In Volume 4 of Illicit Liaisons, Megan Morgan is at the end of her summer vacation with her eleventh grade year at Lincoln High about to begin. Haunted by the death of her young friend, Emmanuelle Jansen, Megan impulsively agrees to join forces with Nadia Cortez, a free lance photojournalist who Megan befriended at a wild party hosted by one of Megan's two boyfriends, Paul Ugalini (Volume 2 of Illicit Liaisons). Nadia convinces Megan to accompany her to a bdsm gathering in Pittsburgh, the two young women posing as a knowledgeable "Top" accompanied by her protege "Bottom." Unknowingly, Megan has taken the first step on a long, and dangerously bizarre journey in her attempt to fulfill her promise to bring to justice the adults who may have directly or indirectly caused Emmanuelle's death. Along the way, Megan renews her friendship with the always outrageously mischievous Kelly Simmons when Kelly returns to Beaver Falls to attend the marriage of Megan's mother, Kate, with Kate's fiancee, Gus Leone. Megan also makes crucial decisions about her romances with Paul Ugalini and Joe Edwards. Megan's relationships with her mother and with Gus strengthen while both Gus and Kate struggle to wisely parent a precocious adolescent who constantly teeters on the tightrope between adulthood and youth."