About the book: 2010 / Ella Stewart, bored in her marriage, without much moral suffering, has an affair with married businessman William Ashfield. He, in turn, has long been thinking about leaving wife - the artist Beth - and tie the knot with Ella. As it turns out, Beth herself, secretly in love with her own daughter’s fiancé, longs to break the boring ties of marriage. The chain of betrayals seems endless... But a sudden tragedy forces all participants in this story to radically change their lives and try to understand what they still want from each other: love or understanding, freedom or forgiveness?