About the book: 2006 / Dasha’s childhood is overshadowed by terrible events: after the death of her mother, she was kidnapped, taken far away, sold into slavery... Through these thorns it grows the northern rose is Troyanda, dangerous with her beauty, who has forgotten the past, a dissolute little head, the kept woman of a brilliant adventurer and a rich man. But this life has no price for Troyanda, for she passionately dreams of true love... And almost on the verge of death, she finds it in the arms of a brave Russian merchant and sailor. The novel was previously published under the titles “Northern Rose” and “Poison for Hearts”».