A husband in exchange for happiness

Vera Kolochkova’s bibliography includes more than 60 novels, many of which have been adapted for the screen. It is no wonder readers love her for writing about ordinary people who strive for a better life and fight for their own happiness. Simple and sensual, captivating and romantic, Kolochkova’s novels strike a chord, making readers empathize with and rejoice for the characters as if they were their own friends. Maya had loved Dimka all her life. But naivety is the enemy of happiness, and so Dimka’s wife became Maya’s best friend, Dina. Ashamed and loathing herself, Maya began a secret affair with her friend’s husband… Dina should have suffered, but instead she rejoiced: she had known about the affair from the very first day. She liked that they were both tormented. Even Maya’s marriage did not change her situation—she continued to love Dimka. What else could she do to further spite the happy sufferer, who had become a wealthy woman after the wedding? And Dina came up with an idea: she wrote a letter to Maya’s legal husband…