Review: review of masquerade secrets
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2012
What a charming and delightful story!  I really enjoyed this short story of the titled, handsome hero Bradford Duke of Wathersby and the appealing wallflower heroine Lady Aubrey Langston.The story starts off with the heroine Lady Aubrey drinking tea with other women from the ton and Lady Penbrook accouncing she is going to host a masquerade ball.  We meet the Duke of Wathersby Bradford meeting up and talking with Aubrey discussing Aubrey's best friend/former love and where she is at now. Aubrey even refers to how much she likes his form so we know that there is already her attachment to him.  So Aubrey and her sister Charlotte are talking about the ball and who they are going to go dressed as.  They go to a dressmaker have their dresses made, get ready and everyone attends the ball wearing a mask.  Everyone recognizes the Duke but no one recognizes Lady Aubrey.  They immediately have an attraction to each other when they see each other and by dancing. When Bradford opens his mouth to talk Aubrey recognizes and realizes that it is Bradford.  She realizes he is above her in status despite the strong captivation of Bradford there can never be a future with him.  While he is attempting and commanding her to reveal herself to him he gets frustrated with her so kisses her.  Aubrey immediately runs away to escape him never revealing to him who she is.  Aubrey, her family and Bradford get invited to a 2-week house party in the country.  Aubrey spends time with the duke getting to know him better by riding on a horse with Bradford accompanying her and attending another masquerade ball.  Bradford eventually figures out that Aubrey was the masquerade woman.  Another woman Lady Victoria has set her cap for Bradford by attempting to get a proposal from him by being indecently exposed in his room which Aubrey discovers and he throws Victoria out.  Aubrey tries to get her family to leave but they take too long. Aubrey ends up talking with Bradford and all is well they finally end up together.Aubrey was an engaging heroine and Bradford was a good hero it did take him a while to figure out his feelings for Aubrey and who the masquerade woman was but he was still pretty likable.  I did get a little confused at the beginning of the story though Bradford had so many names Lord Bromley, the Duke of Wathersby, your grace and of course Bradford but after figuring this small little detail out. I finally figured out who they were referring too.  On the whole I adored the story there was no sex or any curse words.  This seemed a lot like the romances I read as a young teenager and I think would have been fairly appropriate for that genre.  Of course I didn't mind that the book didn't have all the sex or curse words either.  I would read another story from Ms. Janelle Daniels.