About the book: 2006 / Maria was extremely happy when her stepmother announced that she had decided to send her to a London college. Of course! She will get rid of the tutelage of her domineering father and, moreover, will live in the house of Adam, the hero of her childhood dreams. But... dreams crumbled to dust when the charming handsome man declared that she was a burden to him, and his jealous mistress was inflamed with hatred for Maria from the first meeting.