THIS NOVEL IS A BREATHTAKING, EXCELLENT, EMOTIONAL EXAMPLE OF COMBINING SENSUALITY, REALISM AND MYSTICISM. IT IS ABOUT A MAGIC WORLD, ABOUT THE FIGHT BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL, ABOUT FRIENDSHIP AND HONOUR. THE NOVEL TELLS US ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE MAIN HEROINE ALEXANDRA WHO PASSES THE WAY FROM ABSOLUTE POVERTY AND IS LUCKY TO FIND HAPPINESS AND GET INTO THE WORLD OF FABULOUS WEALTH. ONCE THE ITALIAN ANGELO BALOTELLI SAW ALEXANDRA AT THE OPERA HOUSE IN BUCHAREST AND SHE IMPRESSED HIM SO MUCH, THAT HE CHOOSES HER TO BE THE FACE OF THE ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE AND SHE AGREES. SHE HAS NEVER THOUGHT THIS WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF A NEW EXCITING LIFE FULL OF THRILLING EVENTS, STRUGGLE, AND ACUTE ADVENTURES. ANOTHER GOOD THING IS THAT SHE GOT ACQUAINTED WITH THE COUNT ALEXANDER CESARI, A WELL KNOWN ARCHITECT AND A RICH MAN, AT THE SHOOTING FOR A FASHION MAGAZINE IN VENICE. THE DAY SHE BECAME HIS WIFE WAS THE HAPPIEST DAY IN HER LIFE, HER DREAM CAME TRUE. THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD IN WHICH ALEXANDER FOUND HERSELF IN IS THE DREAM OF ANY GIRL. READING THE NOVEL, YOU'LL HAVE TO PLUNGE INTO THE WORLD OF ADVENTURES OF A LIFETIME, THE WORLD OF LUXURY AND WEALTH, BOTH ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN, AS THE MAIN CHARACTER ACCIDENTALLY BECAME FRIENDS WITH DARIA, THE WIFE OF ANGELO BALOTELLI, AND THE DAUGHTER OF A RUSSIAN OIL MAGNATE, THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. A GYPSY WOMAN TELLS ALEXANDRA THE FORTUNES BEFORE HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY. AS TURNED OUT THE THINGS SHE PREDICTED BECAME A REALITY. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF INTRIGUES, OF THRILLING EPISODES WHICH MAKES THE BOOK MORE INTERESTING. WHILE PREPARING FOR ALEXANDRA'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE PALACE OF NAPLES, ONE OF HER TWIN DAUGHTERS DISAPPEARS AND SHE COULDN'T BE FOUND ANYWHERE. THE HAPPINESS OF THE DAY TRANSFORMED IMMEDIATELY INTO A TERRIBLE PAIN. UNCERTAINTY IS THE WORST THING FOR A MOTHER. FROM THAT MOMENT THE PURPOSE OF HER LIFE WAS TO FIND HER DAUGHTER. HER FURTHER FATE IS FULL OF UNEXPECTED TWISTS, UDVENTURES, FIGHTS AND THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE EVENTS. YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HELP FEELING SAD, NERVOUS, EXITED, HAPPY WHILE READING THIS PART OF THE BOOK. ALEXANDRA FINDS INNER PEACE ONLY WHEN HER DAUGHTER RETURNS TO THE FAMILY, BUT TILL THEN YOU ARE GOING TO TRAVEL INTO THE WORLD FULL OF MANY EXCITING, EMOTIONAL EVENTS. THE BOOK WOULD NOT BE SO BRIGHT WITHOUT ALEXANDRA'S FRIEND, DARIA. A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE FOR BETRAYAL. ALEXANDRA PROVED HER FRIENDSHIP BY SAVING HER FRIEND'S DAUGHTER, A FIVE-YEAR GIRL, FROM CAPTIVITY. THE AUTHOR KEEPS THE READERS IN SUSPENSE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING TILL THE END BECAUSE THE PLOT OF THE BOOK IS INCREDIBLY INTERESTING, EXCITING AND INTRICATE. SHE PROVES THAT GOOD ALWAYS WINS, THAT THE MOST POWERFUL THING IN THE WORLD IS LOVE, ESPECIALLY PARENTS' LOVE, NO MATTER HOW STRONG THE EVIL IS. I AM SURE YOU'LL GET A GREAT PLEASURE WHILE READING THE NOVEL.