Great fame brings great heartbreak No one knows the perils of celebrity better than Teresa Foscari, Europe's most famous opera singer. The public knows her as a glamorous and tempestuous diva, mistress to emperors, a reputation created by the newspapers and the ruthless man who exploited her. Now she has come to London to make a fresh start and find her long lost English family. Foscari's peerless voice thrills all London-except Maximilian Hawthorne, Viscount Allerton, the wealthy patron of opera-and lover of singers. Notorious Teresa Foscari is none other than Tessa, the innocent girl who broke his youthful heart. When his glittering new opera house sits half empty, thanks to the soprano filling the seats of his competitor's theater, Max vows to stop the woman he unwillingly still desires. Amidst backstage intrigue and the sumptuous soirées of fashionable London, the couple's rivalry explodes in bitter accusations and smashed china. With her reputation in ruins, Tessa must fight for her career -and resist her burning attraction to the man who wishes to destroy her.