Books with title The Masquerade Ball

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I foolishly thought that everything would change when I turned eighteen. I’d thought that becoming a legal adult would somehow vanquish all my problems, and I would be free to be whoever I wanted to be.I was wrong.After experiencing the worst possible scenario where my supernatural genes are concerned, I’ve learned that there is no running from being a Deveroux. Khristos’s name will follow me wherever I go, and my best chance for survival is to take my place with my family.If finding my place in this new world isn’t tough enough, my mother unexpectedly arrives with the expectation of reconnecting with me. I’m not sure what to do or how I feel about her sudden appearance, and I’m torn with how to handle her. Do I follow Khristos’s advice and send her back out of town, or do I give her a chance to explain herself? She is my mother after all.Then there’s the soul reaper. He’s back, and he wants something in return for the necklace he’d given me. I’m not sure I can give him what he wants, but if I don’t, the charmed necklace will be lost to me, and my newfound family will be in danger. How do I go against my natural instinct to protect and do the unthinkable instead? I have to choose, and no matter what choice I make, it will change everything. If all that isn’t stressful enough, the Halloween masquerade is quickly approaching, and the last thing I want to do is let down Tate or Roman. They are expecting me to be there, and I’ve been promised that it’ll be a night of mystery and magic. I’ve accepted that this is my life now. It will never be calm, it will never be easy, and it most definitely won’t ever be predictable. The old me, Livvy Vauss, is no longer.I am a Deveroux.Recommended for age 15+.

The Masquerader is one of two Katherine Cecil Thurston’s books that appeared on the Publisher’s Weekly best-sellers list in 1905. The Masquerader is part mystery, part romance and part political thriller – all tied up in one neat package. Nature has a way of sometimes making two people nearly indistinguishable in appearance. Such is the premise for this book. John Chilcote, a British politician, and John Loder, a man down on his luck meet by accident one night during one of London’s worst fogs. Chilcote, addicted to morphine, needs to escape his political responsibilities and presents an offer to Loder to exchange places occasionally. Loder, reluctant at first, finally accepts the proposal and finds he fits into Chilcote’s role – perhaps better than Chilcote himself. The exchanges become more frequent and lengthy. Loder, finding his way, discovers he is worthy of Chilcote’s position, especially during an international crisis, but when Chilcote reclaims his life, Loder’s accomplishments try to unravel. Two women are intimately involved in this story – one is Chilcote’s wife, Eve, who is a wife of convenience rather than love. The second is Lady Astrupp. We will say little about Lady Astrupp except that she adds a great deal of suspense to the story. In such a charade, things do not always go as expected. Does Chilcote break his drug habit? What becomes of Loder? Does Eve become suspicious as a wife might? Is the masquerade exposed by……but then I would be telling you more than you should know beforehand.

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