Last Song for the Soprano: A Lyrical Friends to Lovers Historical Romance

In the lamplit world of the Victorian stage, Miss Odette Delaney is a name spoken with awe and envy. Acclaimed soprano. A darling of the nobility. A woman untouched by scandal… until one indiscretion threatens to destroy her carefully composed reputation. With financiers pulling back and the press ravenous for a story, Odette concocts a simple yet risky plan—a fabricated romance to drown out the truth.

Enter Cassius Zadora, the orchestra’s stoic conductor. Once enamoured with Odette, his love has turned bitter through years of watching her flirt with privilege and power. His hopes of securing a prestigious post in Vienna depend on the season surviving Odette’s scandalous misstep, and when she begs him to pose as her devoted suitor, he agrees—not to save her, but to escape her.

Yet in the deceptive waltz they perform for society, real affection begins to stir. Odette teaches Cassius how to play the crowd while he shows her what it is to be truly seen. But as opening night looms, secrets unravel, passions flare, and the stage becomes the battleground for hearts long denied.

Will the music they make bring them together? Or will their duet end in silence?

Last Song for the Soprano brings together the grandeur of the opera with the small intimacy of what it means to find a place to call home. You can expect:

❤️ Friends to lovers

❤️ Creative jealousy and competition

❤️ Fake dating with benefits

❤️ Play for me

With a guaranteed Happily Ever After, Last Song for the Soprano is a hot burn historical romance with two characters who pretend they aren't interested but can't keep their hands off each other. It includes some strong language and sexy times.

This novel also contains memories of war and death, along with contemporary grief and loss, that some audiences may find confronting. 

Last Song for the Soprano is Book Five in the Tales from Honeysuckle Street series. All books in the series are loosely connected (kind of like a soap opera), can be enjoyed as standalone reads but are best enjoyed in order.

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