This a great review from amazon:{5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful March 14, 2001By B. LawrenceFormat:PaperbackConstance O'Banyon must be the best kept secret in the Romance Novel industry. I don't see to many review on her or much said, but she must be the best author I have ever read. I have read all of her novels and everyone of them have been wonderful. She has a great way of bringing you into the moment. She discribes the places she writes about with such clarity and all of the characters are very interesting. In all of her books she gets you from the very fist page.Song of the Nightingale is one of my favorites. She continues the story in 3 more novels "The Highland Love Song" & "Desert Song" All three are wonderful.I actually cried during this one. The hardship Kassidy & Raile go through is so heart wrenching you can't help but tear up a little.}Personally I couldn't agree more! She the best kept secret. You're truly missing something of you haven't discovered her yet specially if you're a historical romance fan. SOTN is one of her few regency romance novels and I absolutely love it. Awesome story telling, great read. The sequels for these were great but this one is the best. I mean you read a few of reviews and they're notable touching. How CO managed to stay under the radar is shocking.