the bahamas lotion : clarity and her friends , librarian lanai thomson , lifeguard taimi kendrick , ethnographer flower parkwood , australian surfer jenna likeway , and the well-to-do malibu resident cynthia stevenson , attend a gala for beauty lotion 'elony ' in nassau , in the bahamas , at a disco named neria b , where they are arrested by international sensual brigade officer alven donway , for being accomplices of a large scale abduction raid on affluent women , being carried out through 'elony ' by an unscrupulous , good looking , wealthy business woman , named cassandra scafarel , a high ranking associate of de facto , cayman islands lofty bank owner , buddha talk .