Wicked Heart, Wicked Mind is the story of a woman who struggles, over a span of more than forty years, with a personality disorder that has a devastating impact on her relationships with her family and friends. As a child, she saw what money, or the lack of it, could do to destroy a family; and so, throughout her life, she fantasized about all the things that money could buy, including happiness. Her insatiable desire for wealth and love ultimately turns deadly when she conspires with her long-time friend and lover to gain control of her wealthy stepfather's estate.