An anonymous friend has entered shy, retiring songbird Antonia Trent for a nationwide talent show. At first, Antonia doesn’t intend to leave her small Wicklow town and her place in the church choir to attend the auditions. Gradually she realises that she needs to take this opportunity in both hands and move her life forward. Antonia has hidden herself away for too long, using caring for her invalid mother as a way of keeping the wider world at bay. She has been blessed with a beautiful voice that her mother used to liken to a nightingale’s song; maybe now’s the time to shine. When Antonia meets Dr Niall O’Rourke, she begins (despite her tendency to blush scarlet with alarming frequency) to hope for love.
To move forward however, Antonia (or her alter ego Toni) will have to use all the courage she can muster to deal with the tough world of the overnight celebrity. This is a novel about taking your life back and using your talents to the full. But, it is also about friends and friendship; the people who will back you up, hold your hand and tell you what’s what when the going gets tough. Will Antonia /Toni manage to deal with the Simon Cowell lookalike? Does her new romance with the hill-walking doctor have a future? And should she pretend to have a romance with a fellow contestant as a publicity stunt?
For the answers to these pressing questions, read this tale of a budding star’s ‘moment like this’!
