Katya desperately fell in love with Yegor, but he has a wife, a daughter and no desire to change his usual life, even for the sake of an ideal woman... Lilya unwisely agreed to defend a client who could ruin both himself and the reputation of a novice lawyer... Lena recklessly accepted the help of a sweet stranger, who is now pursuing her, turning the girl’s life into a real nightmare... The heroines of Evgenia Mikhailova’s action-packed stories are helped to stay afloat, get out into the light, and even find new shores by their strong desire to become the mistress of their own destiny.