Nastya Shorokhova preferred an easy intrigue over marriage. Not because she was especially frivolous—she simply knew about the family curse. Nearly a century ago, her great-grandmother Anna refused a ротмистр Shestakov, choosing to marry someone else. The enraged ротмистр cursed her: any men who dared to love Anna’s heirs would meet an early death.
The curse has already shown its power more than once: young men who fell in love with Nastya die one after another. But the next suitor, Ruslan, doesn’t believe in this evil fate and turns to private detectives for help, asking them to investigate what’s happening. And the surprise was delivered the very next day: he was shot at. It seems the notorious curse unleashes its wrath on everyone trying to uncover its secret.