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Summary: Two years after his wife Ludmilla dies, 84 year old Nikolai calls his daughter Nadezhda (Nadia) with the news that he is planning to remarry, to Valentina, 36, a Ukrainian immigrant with golden hair and charming eyes. The fact that Valentina is still married and only wishes to marry Nikolai to stay in England does not matter, he is caught up in saving this woman from the home country. Worried that he is being taken advantage of by the voluptuous gold digger, Nadia calls her sister Vera, putting aside years of bitter rivalry to rescue their father from the sexy Valentina Originally published: London : Viking, 2005