Strohmann Games Obsession (German)

Life in the English county of Derbyshire is in transition. Several families--all with marriageable young ladies and gentlemen--entangled in a time of optimism in romances and intrigue. Fate means well with the somewhat neglected estates of the traditional families who went through hard times in the late 18th century. Now, in the mid-19th century, the Asquith, Cavendish, Ponsonby, and York families have new sources of income and are eager to modernize their estates and restore their battered reputation. The financial resources are still modest, but there is a new mood of departure in the south of Derbyshire! Especially envious you look at Alderley Hall in this part of the county, where the widow of the Earl Margaret Fairchild and her sister-in-law Ethel reside with a common income of well over 20,000 pounds a year. Only the loneliness on the extensive estate clouds the generous hearts of the two widowed and childless ladies. To their great joy, they were now allowed to welcome new inhabitants: Margaret's dashing nephew Charles and her lovely niece Elizabeth. Both had to experience tragedy only recently. When her parents crossed the English Channel on the way back on a trip to southern France, they killed in a heavy storm. The death of Margaret's brother-in-law and his wife led Charles and Elizabeth to now live permanently on the Fairchilds estate, far from the country estate of their childhood in Yorkshire. A year has passed since the terrible accident and of course the unwavering Fairchild ladies know exactly what the best medicine for a grieving heart is: a romance! There is a lot of premium marriage material in the estates of the surrounding hills. The neighboring families in Derbyshire all have children of marriageable age - and the Fairchild ladies big plans