Леди и повеса

Darius Karsington - soblaznitelʹnyĭ povesa i blesti͡ashchiĭ uchenyĭ, s ostrym, kak lezvie, umom, no s kamennym serdt͡sem. Sharlotta Khėĭvard s i͡unosti vyuchila gorʹkiĭ urok, chto muzhchinam doveri͡atʹ nelʹzi͡a. Ee vezhlivostʹ - ne tshcheslavie, a zashchitnai͡a stena. Ona masterski otvodit ot sebi͡a zhenikhov, predpochitai͡a ostavatʹsi͡a svobodnoĭ. No chelovecheskai͡a priroda ne podchini͡aetsi͡a ustavam ėtiketa: odin poryv sposoben obratitʹ v prakh vse pravila prilichiĭ. Kogda razgoraetsi͡a strastʹ, raschet ustupaet mesto instinktu i to, chto kazalosʹ nepokolebimym, nachinaet rushitʹsi͡a…

Darius Carsington is a seductive rake and a brilliant scientist, with a mind as sharp as a blade, but with a heart of stone. Charlotte Hayward has learned the bitter lesson from her youth that men cannot be trusted. Her politeness is not vanity, but a protective wall. She skillfully diverts suitors away from herself, preferring to remain free. But human nature does not obey the rules of etiquette: one impulse can destroy all the rules of decency. When passion flares up, calculation gives way to instinct and what seemed unshakeable begins to crumble.…