Disappearing fiancé shortly before the wedding would knock anyone off balance. But Natasha isn’t used to giving up or wallowing in gloom. While the police are searching for Maxim, she goes to try on her wedding dress, believing in a happy future.
Svetlana is already over forty, but in her life there’s nothing left that makes her want to get out of bed in the morning. She leaves her foreign husband, puts in order the old family house, and turns it into a boarding home for gifted children. But soon Sveta starts to understand that this project can’t save her anymore.
Nadia hasn’t seen her mother for twenty years—and at last the meeting will happen. But will it bring her much joy? Nadya’s marriage is cracking, and life keeps throwing one test after another at her. And it seems happiness is very close—just reach out your hand. But will she have the courage?
Three women, three difficult lives, three choices between reality and fantasy, independence and the bonds of lawful marriage. Which path will they choose? What are they willing to sacrifice for their happiness? And where, in fact, did the fiancé disappear?
Continuation of the bestseller “The Faint, Vanishing Trace.”