When the story opens, she has just found a diamond ring in the park. She is secretary to an agent (Hero) and she is a little afraid of him, so she's quiet in the office. Heroine also sings, but keeps it to herself because she worships her cousin and would never compete. Heroine is an orphan living with her aunt and cousin, who wants to be an operatic tenor. Anthea didn't have a chance in her contest in book one, and in this story *spoiler* the heroine wins by sheer grit and talent and single-minded, woman-scorned purpose. An interesting bookend, when I think about it. This story was another lovely chapter in the saga - another Cinderella story - except for the kick-ass scene at the end where the heroine pulls out all the stops to win a TV music contest. It's an interesting addition (I still think book 12 is the true thematic ending of the saga, with it's emphasis on Oscar Warrender and his place in opera history and his musings on what love did for him as an artist and a man) So, this is the last book in the Warrender Saga, published in 1985, a year before Mary Burchell died.
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