after a disastrous start, mostly due to the popularity of alan's dash persona, loretta is met by eccentric billionaire abigail fairfax. fairfax realizes that loretta has based her books on actual historic research she did with her deceased archaeologist husband. fairfax has discovered a lost city on a remote atlantic island and is convinced that this is the location of 'the crown of fire,' a priceless treasure. when loretta declines to help decipher an ancient map to the treasure, fairfax, who fears the site will be destroyed by an active volcano, kidnaps loretta and takes her to the island.