Teresa Foscari, Europe's most famous opera singer, comes to London to make a fresh start and find her long lost English family. Her peerless voice thrills everyone - except Maximilian Hawthorne, Viscount Allerton, the wealthy owner of a rival opera house. Notorious Teresa Foscari is none other than Tessa, the innocent girl who broke his youthful heart. Yet Max still wants her, like no other woman.Amidst backstage intrigue and the sumptuous soirees of fashionable London, the couple's rivalry explodes in bitter accusations and smashed china. Tessa must fight for her career - and resist her attraction to Max, the man she once loved and who now holds the power to destroy her.