Masquerade: The Complete Series Masquerade: The Complete Series

Masquerade: The Complete Series

    • 4.8 • 5 Ratings
    • $9.99
    • $9.99

Publisher Description

What would you do if you knew you wouldn't get caught?

Unwind with this steamy love story. Told as a 12-part serial, each book is about the length of a glass of wine or a soak in the tub.

Isla Foster and Colin Jackman are strangers. Desperate to escape the daily grind of life, they each accept an anonymous invitation to a masquerade ball — one of the most prestigious events in New York City. There they are given lavish costumes, false identities and an opportunity to take part in a seductive game.

If they accept, using the aliases Grace and Marlowe, they'll meet each month for a year in a series of secret rendezvous, consequence free. No one will ever know where they go or what they do, as long as they follow three simple rules:
they must never know the other's identitythey must only meet at the prearranged times and placesthey must not fall in love
What could possibly go wrong?

"You'll be hooked from the opening scene." - Victoria Barbour, USA Today Bestselling Author

A Selection of Reviews

"Masquerade reads like a piece of chocolate after dinner. It goes down smoothly and leaves you craving more."

"Amazing fantasy getaway. Perfect rainy day read!"

"Ms. Francis is a skillful storyteller. She quickly captured the attention of this fussy reader and held my interest through to the end."

"Hard to put down."

"Absolutely phenomenal. Each part is better written than the last."

"I enjoyed this book as another fun diversion from my busy life."

"It has excellent characterization and I was pulled into the story, intrigued to know what would happen next."

"Absolutely love this format of delivery for a book. Oh Masquerade you have my attention now! I voluntarily reviewed this book."

"I really like this book. The characters were believable, the story had some mystery and I liked where the series was going to go with the Masquerade themes. I especially liked how this story was 'as long as a glass of wine'. I didn't test that but it was as long as a short stint on the beach. Now I want to see what happens in the next few stories!"

"This first instalment hooked me in every way: interesting opening, great detail, fully-fleshed major characters, each with a problematical life situation and minus my pet peeve -- poor editing. This instalment is expertly written AND edited, so there are no grammatical errors or typos to weaken/distract from the story. Kudos to Ms. Francis. I look forward to reading more!"

"What a fun escape these first two books are! I just finished part 2 and am left hanging in suspense and anxiously awaiting part 3 to be delivered. This is a unique way to read for me and I love it. Come on part 3!!!!!!!!!"

GENRE
Romance
RELEASED
2021
February 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
448
Pages
PUBLISHER
Fifth Hammer Books, Inc.
SELLER
Draft2Digital, LLC
SIZE
1.2
MB

Customer Reviews

AlyssaK27 ,

A fun, steamy read!

Full disclosure that I received the series complimentary from the author, but I was enjoying it so much that I paid for it from Kindle to support the author (love the idea of love stories for busy women...and as a busy woman I may have neglected to write this review for a couple months, oops!).

I really liked the short chapters that made me feel like I was powering through the story. I felt connected to the characters and the love scenes were just the right balance of steamy in my opinion. I found the ending completely gratifying. There were a few areas that I felt pulled out of the story a bit, but I think that's more my personal opinions and I don't want to take away from the great work the author did (just as a wife/parent and as someone who has worked in an engineering firm I think I am a bit critical of things that don't matter much to the overall story). However, it's still a super fun and sexy read and that's what matters.

I definitely recommend checking out the complete series and I look forward to checking out more from Valerie Francis!

Josaphine20 ,

Loved it.

Once I started reading this book I couldn’t stop. It kept me intrigued from start to finish. Loved the story and the dialogue was believable.

Highly recommend.

Pat oo7007 ,

Loved it!

The things that sets this apart from other novels I’ve read in this genre is that the conversations are real and believable, the plot unique, and the characters are not embellished. The mini sections work well for me and my short attention span! Really enjoyed it.

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