It is not possible for a person to predict where he will meet the one person with whom he will walk hand in hand throughout his life. So the heroine of the novel, going to a protocol party, did not imagine that she would meet a man here who would radically change her life. And he, having met a girl whom he considered an enemy, did not suspect what results his planned revenge would lead to... The complex relationships of the heroes develop against the backdrop of a masterfully twisted intrigue.