Lia Tan

I freeze at the intercom when I see my neighbor standing there. What the hell does he want now? Has he decided to ruin my nerves again? I press the button and, without even greeting him, say coldly: — I’m listening. — Good afternoon! — he replies раздражено, then adds in a commanding tone: — Please come outside. I take a deep breath and ask sharply: — Why? What exactly am I supposed to do out there? — I need to show you something, — hisses my attractive yet unbelievably annoying neighbor. — Show it through the camera, — I say, crossing my arms. — I physically can’t do that. So come outside… — I’m not going anywhere… — Fine, your choice. Then I’ll call the police…

By marrying a man she barely knew, Viktoria ruined both her engagement and her aunt’s carefully laid plans. Fleeing from the furious Ruslana, she suddenly found herself the wife of a stranger. It should have been fine, but Viktoria struggled to accept such a sudden change and couldn’t get used to her new reality. She hoped, until the very last moment, that she could overcome the pull she felt toward the attractive stranger who had unexpectedly become her husband. But the Christmas night changed everything. Now, Stanislav is no longer Viktoria’s husband in name only. He is her real husband—and he has expectations for his wife that Viktoria doesn’t like at all. Just as she finally begins to trust her husband and is ready to truly be his wife, Viktoria finds him with another woman…

— Eve, do you know why you’re here? — his voice cuts through the air like a blade. — I know. I just don’t understand why. — You will give me a child. An heir. And in three years — you will leave. He took me to pay off a debt, but the Predator didn’t consider one thing: I am not someone who can be bought or forced to kneel. And we’ll see who ends up setting the rules… I will not obey him. I will leave only with my child. Or I won’t leave at all. And if he thinks he can control me — the game hasn’t even begun yet.

Yevheniia stayed with her daughter in an almost deserted settlement. While those who remained didn’t rush to leave, she held on until the very end as well. But one day she was forced to abandon everything — her home, the work she loved, the life she once knew. Grabbing her daughter and only the essentials, she set off on a long journey — to a place where it was quieter, where she could sleep peacefully without flinching at every sound. She managed to find a new place, but not a home. Because surviving among strangers is a different kind of battle. Here, she is an outsider. And around her are tired, closed-off people, each carrying their own pain: someone lonely, someone who hasn’t heard a familiar voice in a long time, someone who has lost more than they ever thought possible…

Kamila — to save my family’s company from collapse, I agree to marry my father’s partner. Everyone tries to talk me out of this foolish decision, but it’s useless — I’ve already made up my mind. But on my wedding day, the man waiting for me at the altar is not the one I agreed to marry. Who is he? Why are there two children standing beside him? What kind of game have I been dragged into? Although none of that matters anymore, because there’s no way back… And that’s not all — on the wedding day, I learn even more shocking details. — Our marriage is fake. We need to discuss everything in detail, and for now — just the two of us. No one must know about this.

Dayana is a girl who is used to keeping her distance from men. Karim is a charismatic and dangerous millionaire who only needs one look to spark a flame. A chance encounter at someone else’s party will bring them together. Passion will ignite before they even have time to think about the consequences. But the morning will bring new rules to the game, and life itself will set its own terms. Will they have the strength to choose with their hearts? Wild temptation… Forbidden desire… And a fate decided by a single night. One touch. Dizzying passion. No promises—only temptation powerful enough to divide life into “before” and “after.”

Perhaps happiness truly is short-lived. Just as Viktoria and Stanislav finally manage to mend their complicated relationship, he goes missing once again. Now, Viktoria is left to stand alone against her aunt. Her godfather does what he can to help, but it’s not enough—she longs for her beloved husband to be by her side. Worn out from constant worry over Stanislav, Viktoria falls ill. The cook assures her it’s nothing serious, “just a mild discomfort that will pass.” Viktoria doesn’t immediately understand what those words truly mean. Desperately searching for Stanislav, she ignores her health—and not only her own...

Oresta is jolted awake by explosions. From the news, she learns that a full-scale war has broken out in her country. Together with her fiancé, she hurriedly packs her things and leaves for her parents’ village on the edge of the Kyiv region. By afternoon, Arkadiy tells her he’s leaving for Italy to join his parents. He asks Oresta to come with him, but she refuses to leave her home under any circumstances. She hopes her refusal will make him stay, but instead, he walks away. Throwing herself into the work at the local volunteer center led by her father and the military, Oresta finds herself facing challenges she never imagined. The work is tough, demanding as much from her as from any man.

She escapes to her grandfather’s village, running away from an aunt determined to marry her off to the son of her best friend. He still can’t recover from the loss of his family. It’s been two years, but it feels like yesterday. Hoping to find a moment of peace and to visit his parents, he also heads to the village. Viktoria’s friends hatch a wild plan to help her: by midnight, they will find a decent man willing to pretend to be her boyfriend and save her from her aunt’s schemes. As crazy as it sounds, the plan works. Viktoria isn’t thrilled about it, but she knows it’s the only way out. Now, by her side is a man she could only dream of having—but will this “easy” solution truly be so easy? And will it help her in her fight against her aunt?