In a Perfect World is the second book in the series, Bound by Destiny. The series follows the lives of Hayley, Peter and his family, Christine and her family, their friends and their associates. The first book in the series, In a World Apart, brings Hayley, Christine, and Peter together. A private Learjet is sabotaged on its way to Southampton, killing the wealthy and aristocratic parents of young Hayley Hamilton. Hayley, the lone survivor, awakes from a coma and a friend of her mother's, wealthy British Psychiatrist, Dr. Peter Gabriel-Johns, lifts her out of her depression. After leaving the recovery center, Hayley sequesters herself in her parent's Park Avenue penthouse where she feels safe from the outside world. After five years of loneliness and isolation, Hayley attempts to rejoin the world with the help of her only friend, news journalist Christine Horowitz. Then, Peter returns to her, first as a friend, and then as her lover. They still don't know who had the plane shot down. And they are all unaware that attached to Peter is the very danger she sought to escape. In a Perfect World continues the story of the lives of Hayley, Christine and Peter. The story takes you on a worldwide rollercoaster ride with Hayley and Christine through Europe on a fashion venture, to Broadway and Hollywood with Matthew and Christine's parents, and deep into Africa on a dangerous covert mission for an International Consortium with Peter, his father, Edward, and their cousin, Andrew. Hold on tight while you travel with them meeting new people who stir up trouble, upset their equilibrium, complicate - and possibly threaten - their lives.