Patricia, a woman in her thirties attended a Halloween masquerade of: MY YANKEE FAMILY (see other novella by this author) staged in the family castle near Vienna. Impressed by the show she challenges the young author, Greorg, to go, with her on a trip to a foreign country of his choice. He accepts the challenge. They meet in London and proceed to go to Portugal. His expectations for an immediate romantic/sexual affair end in a disappointment. Elsie, an English girl with freckles fills the void. The longing for Patricia persists. When she offers to meet him in Paris he takes the second chance. Love and sex in Paris and Manhattan lead to an engagement. Elsie travels to Heidelberg but does not succeed in breaking an impending marriage. The couple travels to Galicia, Poland to repurchase Greorg's family homestead. The love story is interwoven with criminal investigation of two murders: Patricia's father and Greorg's grandfather. Outcomes of investigations may bring large monetary gains to both lovers and a huge disappointment to the third woman, Jennifer. Happy end is a big and totally unexpected outcome to all parties.