A Mysterious Masquerade

Michael, Lord Fordham lived for years in a loveless marriage, never betraying his marriage vows. Now a widower, he is finally free in indulge his passions, but isn’t interested in an empty liaison. Until he stumbles upon a beauty in the middle of a garden labyrinth at a house party.

Lady Emmaline Manning has escaped a hellish childhood and is learning her desires are natural and that a man can bring her not pain but pleasure. When a handsome man interrupts her solitude, she grasps at the chance for an anonymous interlude. What she doesn’t expect is the intensity of their connection going beyond the physical.

The would-be lovers are interrupted, and the beautiful, passionate woman runs into the labyrinth, lost to Michael without giving him her name. Can they find one another before it’s too late?

Warning: This story contains a gentleman who is ready to unleash his pent up passion, a lady who is ripe to discover love, and a race to unmask one another.

Length: 25,000 k

Heat: Inferno