Life is hard for Verenika in the village. The neighbors hate her; their sons are interested in her—but they won’t take her for a wife. The caretaker of the church won’t allow it. For himself, that scoundrel has already picked someone. So who will get the “northern flower”—the spiteful church caretaker or the pompous rich man? Are there any ways to escape? Or will she have to submit to fate?