Bushwood to Crystal River follows the life of Kathleen Carpenter after her world falls apart in the novel Journey From Bushwood. Discovered in an affair with her best friend's husband, her world is destroyed. Born with a silver spoon, she goes from the country club set to cleaning commodes. She builds a small cleaning business into dynasty. In this world she meets an aerospace engineer who helps take her back to the top only to destroy it by her greed for more power.