It is probably difficult to imagine how not quite similar in appearance and certainly not at all similar in nature twins separated in infancy can turn out to be. What is this - a whim or an evil play of nature?.. The heroine of the novel, the twenty-year-old red-haired beauty Flame, is brought together by fate with her brother at a moment that should determine not only their future lives, but also the lives of all the people close to them. Insidious intrigues, love affairs and fierce rivalries are organically intertwined in this novel, where even the glitter of gold and precious stones cannot overshadow the amazing power of human feelings and passions.