Diva's Daughter

Cambridge, 1895. A frozen river and a fall that changes everything.

When Virginia, daughter of famed American soprano Rosanna Bailey, tumbles on the ice of the frozen River Cam, she is steadied by photographer’s assistant Charlie Meadows. Their meeting is brief, yet unforgettable. Charlie is shy, and Virginia’s life is already too full.

As Rosanna’s performances dazzle snowbound Cambridge society, Virginia and Charlie begin to form an unexpected bond. But Rosanna’s sudden summons to replace a leading soprano in a career-defining performance threatens to part them for good.

Meanwhile, in Paradise Place, the Venables sisters set themselves the impossible task of raising funds for a trip to the opera, while also unravelling the romantic tangle of a cellist, his furious fiancée, and a lady he once met on a train. Blossom the cat, of course, is determined to help.

From the quiet winter streets of Cambridge to the roar of a Covent Garden audience, The Diva’s Daughter is a tender, atmospheric Victorian romance about love, loyalty and daring to take centre stage in your own life.

Perfect for fans of Eva Ibbotson, Deanna Raybourn, and historical romance rich with English atmosphere and heart.

Lucy Greenhill loves to write stories whose starting point is a real incident or place and can often be found searching archives and libraries. The inspiration for An Utterly Unsuitable Lady was the notorious case in the 1860s of a rich man who fooled an innocent young woman into a fraudulent marriage before abandoning her without a penny. Could a happy life be salvaged from such wreckage? The MOTH agency romances introduce Lucia and Christabel Venables, an independently-minded pair of sisters living in Victorian Cambridge. Christabel runs a hat shop and Lucia is proprietor of the agency which introduces ladies and gentlemen pursuing romance, and generally looks into Matters Of The Heart. There are plenty more Moth Agency romances to come. Lucy also writes Edwardian mysteries under the pen name of Fran Smith. She lives with her husband, dog and chickens on the edge of the fens near Cambridge, England.