Stepanovskaya's heroines, as always, are modern successful and purposeful women. They are used to relying only on themselves, do not believe in fairy tales about handsome princes and take a sober look at relationships with men. But sometimes, even to the most sensible of them, love comes overnight, so unexpected, somewhat “inconvenient,” but irresistible. What to do then? After all, it is always difficult to choose between ordinary female happiness and so hard-earned independence - both in the times about which John Fowles writes, and in our days