Strong feelings and passion, bitter disappointments and happy gains had to be experienced by the young heroine of the novel, the daughter of a famous theater actress, before finding happiness with her loved one. Only chance reveals to the girl the secret of her birth and helps to return what seemed to be forever lost love. Subtle and whimsical, as always with Victoria Holt, the weaving of the plot thread keeps the reader of the novel in suspense from the first to the last page. For a wide range of readers.