Nexxa Davoren lives in her triangle of coveted spots around the broker-dealer she works for in Manhattan. While having drinks one evening in the rooftop bar, Salon de Ning, she meets a man who works for the National Lebanese Bank. This encounter is the premise for her trip to Lebanon, where a man abducts her in Beirut. Her past involvement with the IRA becomes entangled with Hezbollah. If Hard Candy Kristmas wins the race, she might find herself in Moscow with Sergei.

A jaunt to Rome with a newly acquired baby girl is mixed in somewhere, which seems innocent until her vengeful ex-husband surfaces. In the end, she finds herself at her annual Ice Queen party back in upstate New York, searching for the white glow.