A marriage of convenience—what are its pros and cons for Maria Voronova’s novel characters? The nurse escapes poverty, and the owner of a fashionable plastic surgery clinic escapes loneliness. But Diana doesn’t feel like the mistress of a big house, and Rosenberg doesn’t see her as a close friend and continues to long for his deceased first wife. So does that mean a happy marriage without love is impossible in principle? Neither Diana nor her husband knows the answer. And life has already prepared for them difficult trials that can only be faced together. That’s when it will become clear whether the calculation paid off. “