Few people liked the Russian cousin Marina Bakhmeteva, who suddenly appeared in the castle of the English lord Desmond McCall. And the owner himself shuns her most of all. And no one realizes that Marina is not his cousin, but his married wife, but their marriage took place under such strange circumstances that the young people carefully hide it. Intrigue, witchcraft and fatal secrets entangle Marina and Desmond, events either take them in different directions or throw them into each other’s arms. And gradually Marina begins to understand: there is a force on earth that overcomes all troubles. Its name is love. Previously, the book was published under the title “Terrible fortune-telling.”