His Delightful Lady Delia

October 1, 2022
After bowing out of Willow Dupre's highly publicized courtship competition, bachelor Kit Quincy is finished with genteel drama. Remaining single is essential to singer Delia Vittoria's stage plans, but her career dreams rely on elite public appeal, which is currently under threat by her prima donna mother's shadow and scandals. When Kit and Delia pair up in a ruse to make Delia the Academy of Music's new diva, a dangerous legendary phantom returns, and propriety and society clash. As the curtain falls on their plan, they realize their true affections may require more risk than mere playacting. His Delightful Lady Delia is the dazzling conclusion to Grace Hitchcock's American Royalty series. The series' theme of old versus new wealth among the American elite again takes center stage, this time with competing opera houses fighting for their diva, a plot that balances the era's flirtatious superficiality with the historical weight of social conflicts and the implications for cultural icons. Rich with coquettish buzz, glittering settings, and congenial recurring characters, Hitchcock's novel is excellent entertainment.

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