To light a candle - Connie Monk

Cynny Barlow is eighteen when she falls in love with Ralph Clinton, an actor visiting her town for the summer.
However, Ralph leaves for the big time, not knowing that Cynny is pregnant.
Raising little Suzie, Cynny is forced to work night and day to make ends meet.
Her friend in the village, the vicar's wife Kate Bainbridge, is sympathetic but has her own problems.
Kate yearns for the passion that her husband Richard cannot give her.
She becomes charmed by Richard's friend, Perry Sylvester, a famous jazz pianist.
But everything is set to change, for when Perry makes Cynny's acquaintance, he recognises in her a rare singing talent; one that would perfectly match the jazz he plays in the nightclubs of London...