Behind the curtain, she must put on the performance of a lifetime ... while love and risk take center stage.
Delia Vittoriaâs mother has lost her voice at last. After five years of being her diva motherâs understudy, it is time for Delia to assume her place as the lead soprano onstage behind the Academy of Musicâs faded velvet curtain. And she is all that
stands between the Academy and its greatest threatâthe nouveaux richesâ lavish new Metropolitan Opera House.
Kit Quincy never misses opening night, but when his sister begs him to help get her husband out of an Italian opera starâs arms, Kit accidentally confronts the younger Lady Vittoria instead. When he meets the stunning young diva again, he
attempts to make amends, but then finds himself pulled into a society matronâs plot to win the great opera war. To draw attention to Delia Vittoria as the Academyâs new soprano star, Kit is convinced to act as both Deliaâs patron and the
enigmatic phantom who once haunted the Academy years ago. But when a second phantom appears, more than Deliaâs rising career is threatened.