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Book excerpt: Life imitates the passionate art of the opera when Julia finds herself caught between her two leading men. Julia's dream of singing the role of Tosca in Rome is set to become reality. But when her new leading man inspires the same reaction offstage as he does on, she truly begins to understand how her character must have felt. Especially when the villain of the piece is hell bent on replicating his role as dark seducer into the bargain. When certain information about her lover's turbulent background is revealed, Julia must fight for their relationship - and try to thwart the machinations of the baritone, who covets her for himself. Will passion triumph against the odds? Or will Julia's love story, like Tosca's, end in tragedy?