When renowned tenor Mario Alfieri arrives in New York in 1894, his thoughts lie on the opera season ahead. After years of triumphs in Europe, he hopes for some respite from constant attention before his American debut. Instead, he falls hopelessly in love with mysterious Clara Adler, a woman 20 years his junior, who is left destitute after the death of a guardian whose will provided nothing. Clara justifiably fears the designs of Thaddeus Chadwick, an unscrupulous lawyer who controls the estate. When Mario marries Clara, Chadwick vows to destroy them. As the plot unfolds, readers realize that Chadwick's knowledge of Clara's past and his part in ruining both her and her mother gives him that power.
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