About the book: year / Seventeen-year-old Varvara Zhukova is an orphan and lives with her grandmother in a small seaside town. She is used to providing for herself and knows what she wants to achieve in life. A new student comes to their class, a visiting Muscovite Andrei Korolev, nicknamed the King, from a very wealthy family. He is trying to tame the girl, seduce her with the opportunity to study in America. And he achieves his goal - Varya eventually gives up and goes with him to the University of California. But she just can’t forget the King’s younger brother, Seryoga, a talented rock musician....