Mariya Bortnik

Overweight Dasha works as a proof-reader for a glossy magazine. Commonsense and previous experience have taught her not to harbour any illusions concerning a happy private life. So instead, she finds solace in detective novels, television and cakes, which she consumes in large quantities. However, when two men appear almost simultaneously, her life is turned upside down. The first is Stas, her tall and handsome new neighbour. Dasha is smitten but is aware that he will never return her love. The other 'man' is Vanka, her eight-year old nephew, whom she has agreed to look after while his mother is away in a resort town looking for a looking to land herself a good catch. Living with Vanka is a lesson in survival. Unable to spend even an hour without performing a prank or joke, Vanka turns his aunt's home into a death trap, and Dasha is either chasing after him or dealing with the consequences.

An elite private school conceals dark secrets. When a teacher disappears, students embark on a perilous journey, facing obstacles and revelations before the gripping conclusion.

In the life of the editor-in-chief of the glossy magazine Gosha, a shock occurs after meeting a girl named Karina. Once among the victims, the girl comes up with a rather sophisticated revenge plan and goes to the witch. The next morning, Gosha wakes up and discovers that he has become a woman himself.

The fraudster Lena is trying to get her father out of jail, where he got through her fault. Yulia's doctor has a seemingly prosperous marriage bursting at the seams. Vika's top manager is torn between a career, a child and a married lover... They were growing up at the same time - in the dashing nineties, when love suddenly became unfashionable. Sex is possible. Cynicism is possible. And love is somehow not very...