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Masquerade Part 4: A Steamy Romance Serial Kindle Edition

by Valerie Francis (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 4 of 12: Masquerade

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Part Four: Hold on to your hats! Grace and Marlowe head to Aspen for a ski weekend hot enough to melt every last snowflake. Grace wishes she’d brought waterproof mascara and Marlowe tells a funny, but ill-timed, Thor joke.

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 identity
they must only meet at the prearranged times and places
they 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 Amazon 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!!!!!!!!!"

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01LX328DV
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fifth Hammer Books, Inc. (October 30, 2016)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 30, 2016
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1787 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 39 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #2,764,966 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #2,948 in Literary Sagas
- #3,868 in Women's Short Stories
- #4,820 in Literary Short Stories

Customer Reviews:
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Canadian writer, Valerie Francis, is a bestselling author of fiction for women and children. She's also a literary editor, podcaster, and story nerd so obsessed with the craft of storytelling that she's started an online book club featuring stories by, for and about women. Find out more from her website: www.valeriefrancis.ca

Masquerade is a love story designed for busy women on the go. At a dinner party one night, Valerie's friends (all avid readers and busy women) confessed that due to their hectic schedules, they didn't read as much as they used to. So, Valerie designed a book in 12 parts that could easily be read on a cell phone while they waited in dentists' offices or stood on the sidelines of soccer fields. Each part is about the length of a glass of wine or a commute home. Guilt-free moments of escape for readers in their otherwise chaotic days!

Nature Knights is a fantasy adventure for kids ages 9 and up. The idea came to her after seeing a photo of a turtle that had died because of plastic garbage it had ingested. She wondered what would happen if nature could fight back and that evening, she began to write the story.

Although Valerie writes across genre, there is a common thread in her work and that is, strong female characters. Women and girls of all ages have a particular perspective on the world and it's this point of view she's keen to explore.

Join Valerie's book club and find out more about her by visiting www.valeriefrancis.ca. You can also follow her on Twitter and Instagram @valerie_francis.