Books like Dark Masquerade:(Classic Gothics Collection#3) by Jennifer Blake
Elizabeth Blake takes her dead sister Ellen Marie’s place to safeguard her infant nephew Joseph’s future. Arriving in the grand Oak Shade plantation in black widow’s weeds, she masks her motives as a grieving widow. Yet the family’s cold politeness and a series of unsettling accidents suggest that danger shadows the manor. Bernard Delacroix, a mysterious presence, seems to see beyond her disguise, sensing her desperation for his attention and the fragile truth she hides. In this gothic romance, secrets, inheritance, and peril intertwine on a Southern backdrop.
First publish date: August 12, 1976
Genre: Romance/Historical Romance
Authors: Jennifer Blake
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