Hot Route or 23 Stops to Happiness

“You’re drunk.”
— Legally, yes. But I have the right to.
— This is a staff compartment.
— And I’m a passenger in a very bad condition. Have you heard of humane treatment?
— I have. But it doesn’t apply to you.
— Harsh. And beautiful—just like you.

Lada is a conductor: three years after her divorce, with extra weight and complexes that get in the way of her life.
Marat is a paratrooper who ends up on her berth in a service compartment.

He doesn’t remember her. And she keeps every moment from that Anapa summer in her head—when she baked him waffles and quietly fell in love with something that would never happen.
Now he’s here. Already sober. Already in love. And he has no intention of backing down.

Seven days. One train car.
A blazing route where every stop brings you closer to happiness.