Two beautiful young women kill men in a villa in Tuscany: Maya and Cora have been friends since childhood. Maya has an alcoholic artist father who deserted the family, a mentally disturbed mother and a violent brother, Carlo. Cora is from a wealthy middle-class family. Cora helps Maya to poison Carlo's friend Detlef, who is threatening to blackmail her. They then kill Carlo when he tries to rape Cora. Cora's family takes Maya in, and a happy time begins for her, particularly when they spend the summer in Italy.
De vacaciones con su tía en Cornwall, la aristócrata Virginia se entera de que su amor verdadero es un simple granjero. Sin embargo, ante la insistencia de su madre, se casa con un hombre rico de lavieja aristocracia Inglesa, un buen partido. Pero el matrimonio no es feliz ... típica historia Pilcher con mucho dolor de corazón y por supuesto un final feliz conciliadora.
The countess is married, and the ghosts are still in the Spessart. Her husband becomes an astronaut and the story involved time travelling and space travelling starts.