"Storm over Tikhorechye" is a Ukrainian melodramatic series about an unlucky swindler. Pavel Sokolov is a former scientific researcher from a recently closed research institute, who is now struggling to make ends meet. A friend offers him a profitable but dubious deal. If he can use any trickery to convince the private entrepreneur Maria Loshkareva to sell her farm to the city's elite, he will receive quick money without much effort. The only problem is that Maria turns out to be a rather charming woman...