The Lady of the Demi-Monde

Anna Greshneva is sure she will never be able to escape the grim fate of a woman from the half-world, and she will never be close to the person she loves. Her sister Sofia also doesn’t think she has the right to open her heart to Vladimir Chermensky—kept women of merchants don’t become noble wives. Only Katerina disregards conventions: she lives the way her soul tells her—and she is happy. Will the time come when the older sisters understand that this is the only truly correct path?

The novel previously appeared under the title “The Soul Asks to Be With You.”