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The story takes place in Moscow in the 19th century and tells the story of two daughters of a minister of state looking for love. During Christmas, thirteen-year-old Sonia Biroeva asked her maid to tell her fortune: the blurry appearance of her future husband was reflected in the mirror; however, the girl discovered that he was wearing a black bandage. The evil sister Lisa uses this to mock little Sonia. Meanwhile, both sisters compete for the attention of their cousin Sergey Voronov. Time flies, Sonia is sixteen years old, and she goes to Countess Preobrazhenskaya's ball for the first time; fully looking forward to meeting her cousin. At the dance, the sisters met a naval officer who was wearing a black bandage! But he was attracted to Lisa, and Sonia was deeply unhappy. To her surprise, another Baron named von Unger appeared. One of the Baron's eyes was also covered by a black bandage; was this the man who appeared in the mirror?

In the 5th century AD, the Roman Empire was in decline. Barbarians invaded the frontier. Gunther, the Nibelung king of Burgundy in Rome, decided to let his sister Kriemhild marry King Lombard out of political considerations. Empress Dowager Ute firmly opposed this marriage and did not hesitate to use various tricks such as bribery and poisoning to obstruct it...

"Aphrodite's Gift" tells the love story between an 18-year-old Russian aristocratic girl and a penniless hussar (a hussar is the light cavalry of the Russian Imperial Army in the 19th century). The girl did not want to marry the wealthy count who was 40 years older than herself arranged by her parents. She tried every possible means to get her father to cancel the wedding, but in vain. The brave hussar kidnapped the girl and married her. Fortunately, the Count turned out to be a relative of the Hussars. Although humiliated, the count quickly reconciled with them. In addition, the hussar was the count's only heir. This book is aimed at female readers of all ages.