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Reviewed by Kimberlee J Benart for Readers' Favorite
Masque of Deceptions (Shadows Book 2) is a historical romance by Stella Riley. Set in Georgian England, it features an unconventional young woman named Anna who is the wealthy owner of a manufacturing business, and a handsome viscount named Daniel who recently inherited not only an estate and a title from his father but also a mysterious and utterly crushing debt. The last thing Anna wants is to buy a titled husband, and the last thing Daniel wants is to sell himself into a loveless marriage, but when Anna proposes for reasons of her own, he accepts for obvious reasons. As Anna fends off a strangely persistent buyer for her business and Daniel investigates the shocking origins of the debt, will their relationship blossom into something more?
In Masque of Deceptions, Stella Riley gives us an engaging story that weaves romance and mystery into a well-paced plot with surprising twists and turns. Anna and Daniel are wonderful characters, good-natured, dependable, and loyal at heart though the circumstances of their initial meeting cause each to view the other with distrust. I appreciated the portrayal of Anna as a woman with a social conscience. She wants to have a hand in running the factory she inherited from her father at a time when most fathers wouldn’t have prepared a daughter for such a task. Although this is the second book in a series, it easily stands alone, and it has inspired me to read the first book to learn more about Daniel. Highly recommended.
