"After years of being her diva mother's understudy, it's time for Delia Vittoria to take her place on stage. Attempting to make amends for a grave mistake, Kit Quincy is suddenly pulled into Delia's plot to win the great opera war and act as her patron and an enigmatic phantom. But when a second phantom appears, more than Delia's career is threatened." --,Provided by publisher.

After five years of being her diva mother's understudy, it's time for Delia Vittoria to take her place as the lead soprano on stage behind the Academy of Music's faded velvet curtain. When Kit Quincy's sister begs him to help get her husband out of an Italian opera star's arms, Kit confronts the wrong Lady Vittoria. Trying to make amends, Kit is pulled into Delia's plot to win the great opera war with the new, lavish Metropolitan Opera House. He is convinced to act as her patron-- and as the enigmatic phantom who once haunted the Academy years ago. When a second phantom appears, more than Delia's career is threatened. -- adapted from back cover