In her latest plan for world conquest, centered around a worldwide chain of deluxe health spas, Hayley was aided by Carny Welles, a womanizer and a master promoter who was also her current husband. But trouble lay ahead in the persons of her jealous sister, Megan, and her own rebellious daughter, Abbey, involved in a terrorist group that plotted to embezzle the Prescott billions. And there was the mysterious Beatrix, vital to Hayley's schemes, harboring a black secret that could bring Hayley Prescott Welles' whole world crashing down.