Three women--Margaret, about to retire from her job at Meridian Southwest; the ambitious Faulkner; and Joyce, a domineering middle manager--each have to decide how far they are willing to go to climb the corporate ladder.

The handsome, best-selling author of African-American fiction, Marcus Brooks, an obnoxious, misogynistic megalomaniac, is abducted and held captive by five women who set out to teach him a lesson in life, writing, and women.