num_pages: 264
description: It is said that a dragon haunts the woods between Windsmoor and Tannin, a survivor of the dragon wars.  Lisette Marchand used to live a comfortable life as a merchant’s daughter. But when her father buys a baronet title and insists on uprooting their family to the northern estate of Windsmoor, she finds herself lost in the tenuous place between commoners and nobility. As she struggles to tend to the keep as well as her sick mother, Lisette stumbles across a secret. A dragon.  The villagers fear him. His curse a constant torment. Yet a merchant’s daughter refuses to be scared off. Merek knows better than to believe in love or a cure for his curse. He’s certain Lisette is only pretending.  But when enemies conspire against him, can anyone be trusted in this masquerade?  A fantasy retelling of the classic fairytale, Beauty and the Beast
title: Masquerade