The heroine, Rosita Dominguez, is from a gypsy family living in San Juan famous for their flamenco skills. One night while the family is performing at a nightclub, Rosita is seen by Zach and his sister, Isolde, a semi-famous ballerina. Isolde is instantly convinced that Rosita would make a perfect ballerina—one that she could live out her own failed dreams through—and eventually convinces Rosita's family to let her go to New York to become a ballerina. Rosita grows up and becomes a skilled ballerina on the brink of a fantastic career, however, she secretly longs to simply marry and become a wife and mother. Upon her return to San Juan for a visit, Zach tells her that they should get married and she decides that she prefers him over a career, to Isolde's fury.
Author
See pseudonyms Louisa Bronte, Rebecca Danton & Janette Radcliffe. Some of the listed titles are more straight romance than romantic suspense. Janet Louise Roberts was born on January 20, 1925, in New Britain Connecticut, the daughter of a missionary in a conservative church. She wrote contemporary, historical, and gothic romances, as well as occult horror romances such as The Devil’s Own, Isle of the Dolphins, Lord Satan, and Her Demon Lover. She used pseudonyms for several of her works. Roberts died on June 11, 1982 in Dayton, Ohio.
