An 80's book with woman named Risa?

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I would have been a young teenager when I read this book in the 80's. The woman's character's name was Risa and she was a free spirited woman who was toying with the man. She MAY have been a  dancer and it MAY have been set in New York but I am not 100% sure. 

Please help me remember this book. It is diving me crazy!!

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There's a book called "Night Magic" by Charlotte Vale Allen that has a character named Risa in it. The book is basically a retelling of "The Phantom of the Opera" and was originally published in 1989. Here's a short plot synopsis from Amazon:

"At 16, Risa Crane falls in love with the mysterious Erik D'Anton, a gifted architect who, hideously scarred in a car accident, lives as a recluse. After two years' of evening trysts in Erik's subterranean music room (Risa has the voice of an angel), they marry--but Risa's gentle efforts to draw her husband to the outside world are obstructed as Erik refuses to have the child she desperately wants, and becomes ever more fearful of losing her to another man."

Here's the link for the book at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Night-Magic-Charlotte-Vale-Allen/dp/096574373X

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