Got this a a library sale last year - I was looking for lighter stuff to read because everything I own seems to be serious business litfic or classics. :\ It's a 1970's gothic romance.

Opera prodigy Leila goes on her first opera tour with her ailing teacher as chaperon. There's a creepy mansion that comes into play later in the book that's required for the genre, but it almost feels out of place, like the author wanted to write a coming-of-age story about an opera star but had to make it fit into a gothic romance.

The characterization has some depth and it has a nice sense of place. I liked the parts in Salt Lake City, the train rides, and the part in San Francisco.