A prequel to the sizzling Masquerade Club series.

Maude Renaud, owner of Masquerade Club, may have made her most fatal mistake. In her desire to start a new club in Chicago, she offered a wickedly delicious business arrangement to partners of the hottest club in Manhattan.

Now she regrets her rash action. The partners were sending someone to assess Masquerade—obviously to determine if she was worthy. And it couldn’t be at a worse time. The club’s infamous Valentine’s Day Ball was mere weeks away, requiring her full attention. Beyond irritated, she grants Gaven Sinclair everything the club has to offer. But she hadn’t intended to be part of the bargain.

There was nothing for Gaven in Portland. Only his son. But the bridge to that relationship had burned long ago. His only hope was for Masquerade Club to keep him distracted. When he meets Maude Ranaud, everything about his life changes. Can he accept the change or will he destroy a second chance at love like he’s burnt everything else?

Maude never mixes business with pleasure. Yet, when Gaven can’t seem to stay away, her perfect partnership may be in jeopardy. And what she wants from Gaven Sinclair is anything but a partnership.

Come visit the Masquerade Club – where secret pasts and buried desires soar free behind painted masks.