My Ill-Fated Life is the second in a series of three books about members of the same family.

The woman who helps to narrate the story of a woman's life of romance and adventure, tells her own story starting from her years in St. Petersburg, Russia, where she was born and married.

Then, after what seems like her life is going well, things begin to go wrong. She has been born into a time of world-wide trouble and many other things occur that take her down a path that is both fascinating and tragic. The reader will wonder how she will manage, how she will hold onto hope, and what will happen to her next. Readers will be taken to a place where a third member of the same family tells his story in Book 3. It is an interesting journey through the very different and unique lives of three members of the Baranof family and it takes readers on a very interesting ride.