Luka was tense with impatience, his palms damp with sweat despite the frosty air. As civil war tightens its grip and the country starves, Luka is torn between his growing connection to Valentina and his guilt for their lavish way of life.įor the Imperial Russian Ballet has become the ultimate symbol of Romanov indulgence, and soon the lovers are forced to choose: their country, their art, or each other. But in the eyes of his proletariat father, it makes him a traitor. Then Luka Zhirkov – the gifted son of a factory worker – joins the company, and suddenly everything she has built is put at risk.įor Luka, being accepted into the company fulfils a lifelong dream. With implacable determination, she has clawed her way through the ranks, relying not only on her talent but her alliances with influential men that grant them her body, but never her heart. Valentina Yershova’s position in the Romanovs’ Imperial Russian Ballet is the only thing that keeps her from the clutches of poverty. The story of two people caught in the middle – with everything to lose…Ī stunning debut from a talented new Australian voice in historical fiction.
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