Unbidden Melody

the long version

Mary loved music more than anything else in the world, so she was thrilled to land a job as secretary to a famous musical impresario. Through her job she found herself meeting all sorts of interesting people - Oscar and Anthea Warrender, the composer Marc Bannister - and travelling to glamorous places like Paris and Amsterdam. But it was another matter when she found herself becoming involved with one of her boss's clients, the celebrated opera singer Nicholas Brenner. Mary had always adored him from afar, and soon found him just as adorable in person. But where would that get her? She was in his world, it was true, but not really of it. How could she hope to compete with the sort of woman who really was a part of Nicholas's life, like the beautiful and determined Suzanne Thomas?