Soblaznitelnaia krasavitca Lidiia Slouter, okazavshaiasia v otchaiannykh obstoiatelstvakh, vynuzhdena pustit v khodвÐ"¦ net, ne svoi zhenskie chary, a ostryi um, otlichnuiu pamiat i umenie razbiratsia v tcifrakh. Ona reshaet zakliuchit soiuz s geroem Napoleonovskikh voin Uillom Blekshirom, vmeste oni stanut nastoiashchei grozoi igornykh klubov Londona i obretut tceloe sostoianie. Nichego lichnogo, iskliuchitelno delovye otnosheniia вÐ"“ v etom Lidiia snova i snova staraetsia ubedit i Blekshira, i sebia. Odnako vse iasnee ona ponimaet, chto sovershila rokovuiu oshibku, putaia rabotu s liuboviu. I kazhetsia, zdravyi smysl vot-vot ustupit serdtcu, pylaiushchemu ognem zhguchei strastiвÐ"¦