You’ll be hooked from the opening scene. Masquerade is an edge-of-your-seat suspense that, from the first word, will have you rooting for a taboo love affair. Valerie Francis has woven a captivating tale of steamy intrigue that will leave you breathless and wanting more. Now that’s what I call romance.

After a long hard week, I picked up Masquerade thinking I would fall asleep within five minutes. Instead, I stayed up to the early hours of the morning, lured deeper and deeper into the lives of Colin and Isla. Masquerade is compelling because it follows the life of two very real people who struggle to find happiness in a world heavy with boundaries and limits. Masquerade is honest, raw and complex but amidst the chaos of human interaction and emotion it leaves you always rooting for love, rooting for Colin and Isla because in the end, it is love that drives us all and Valerie Francis has captured this fundamental desire in Masquerade magnificently.

This first installment 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 installment is expertly written AND edited, so there are no grammatical errors or typos to weaken/distract from the story. Kudos to Ms. St. Croix. I look forward to reading more!

I love this concept. The parts are short enough to read on my schedule yet intriguing enough to keep me coming back. Love this idea!

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

Okay. I'm hooked. Loving the intrigue. This short story is hopefully going to be a full book by the end of each part! Crossing my fingers, Downloading part 2 NOW!

Just hurrying through my course work so I can read more of this juicey novel 😉

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!!!!!!!!!

This is an intriguing story! Well written, I love the idea of telling the story in short sections that can be read in one sitting. Looking forward to part 2.

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!

Absolutely phenomenal. Each part is better written than the last. The depth of the characters and the complexity and (at the same time) simplicity of the story for these two souls is off the charts. Truly offers the complex answer to the question (so far) "what would you do if you wouldn't be caught.