This novel is a completely independent work. However, regular readers of the Scarlet series will also meet characters familiar to them from the previously published novel Fates. An intense plot, rich in action and exciting events allowed Maxine Barry to untie - or rather, cut - all the tangled knots in which difficult modern life intertwined kindness with hatred, loyalty to duty with revenge, and love with intransigence. But, as always with this wonderful author, the winner and main character, of course, was Love. Very tender and very sensual.