Forty Rules of Love

Love is the water of life. The lover is the fire of the soul. The whole universe begins to spin differently when fire falls in love with water.
13th century. In the small town of Konya, where the Crusaders from the... west did not reach after the plundering of Constantinople, and where the hordes of Genghis Khan from the east did not roll in, 'a few truly faithful' hire an assassin known as Shakaliya Golova to eliminate Shams of Tabriz, a wandering dervish preaching 'the forty rules of the religion of love'. After all, it's known that the more a person talks about love, the more they are hated...
Our days. USA. Ella Rubinstein, working in a literary agency, receives a manuscript titled 'Sweet Blasphemy' for review, which takes place in the 13th century. The novel captivates Ella so much that she begins to suspect that the author has inexplicably been inspired by the character of Shams of Tabriz. And thus, her love for the author of the book bursts into her heart, completely overturning her usual and so dear life…