Sara Middleton, just short of fifty, spent twenty-six years of her life as a widow and single parent, bringing up her twins in the safe, secure environment she created for them.She is a soloist chorister at Ripon Cathedral. When York Minster’s choir joins Ripon for a Christmas performance, despite a sixth-sense warning her that beneath his charm and easy manner there may be a darker side, Sarah experiences an unnerving, unexpectedly strong attraction to their bass-baritone, Harry Martin. A chance meeting weeks later causes Sara to throw her common sense to the wind, and she allows herself to fall deeply in love, but soon discovers that Harry’s life holds a terrible secret that haunts and torments him.Their love proves a strong weapon in the fight to save him from the follies and consequences of his catastrophic past. But their future happiness is in jeopardy. Will they win the battle and be able to make sweet music again?