Hiding her musical talent from the society that reserved such ambitions for men, Cordelia Shalestone is persuaded by Sebastian Kent to launch a career, and when she also unleashes her desires, he is unable to deny his own. Original.
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.
Pseudonym of Sabrina Jeffries, under which she wrote eight historical romance novels, Moonlight Enchantment, Creole Nights, By Love Unveiled, Silver Deceptions, Dangerous Angel, Stormswept, Windswept, and Creole Bride, and contributed to two anthologies, A Dance with the Devil, and One Night with a Rogue.
Our heroine, Cordelia, is a brilliant musician who composes anonymously under her father's name because of the prejudice against women composers at the time. When her publisher (Richard Kent) runs into trouble, his brother (Sebastian) searches out the the vicar (Cordelia's father) to help his brother save his pubishing company.
The vicar is an alcoholic who is tone deaf. Nevertheless, Sebastian decides Cordelia must coach him so he can pretend to be the composer. All does not go well.
Richard has his own subplot with Sebastian's fiancee. Sebastian made this arrangement with Judith's father.