Dark Masquerade

Name: Dark Masquerade
Rating: 2.7 (3 reviews)
Author: Unknown Author
ISBN: 9780449136010

by Unknown Author

2.7

(3 ratings)

168 pages1976FawcettISBN 9780449136010

Romance History Fiction

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About this book

For the sake of her nephew, Elizabeth has assumed the identity of her dead sister Ellen Marie. She arrives at the grand Louisiana plantation of Ellen Marie's late husband, wearing the traditional black widow's weeds and carrying her infant nephew, Joseph. She is determined that the boy will reach maturity and inherit his rightful fortune. Luckily, the family at Oak Shade does not suspect that they are harboring an imposter in their midst. However, they are less than welcoming, treating her with frosty politeness. More disturbing are the unusual accidents that seem to be following in her wake, as if planned for her. And now, the dark creole Bernard Delacroix seems to be seeing through her assumed persona, right into her soul. What he also sees is that the "widow" is desperate for his attentions. Classic Gothics Collection Series: Stranger at Plantation Inn (Classic Gothics Collection, #1) Bride of a Stranger (Classic Gothics Collection, #2) Dark Masquerade (Classic Gothics Collection, #3) The Secret of Mirror House (Classic Gothics Collection, #4) The Court of the Thorn Tree (Classic Gothics Collection, #5) Night of the Candles (Classic Gothics Collection, #6) The Bewitching Grace (Classic Gothics Collection, #7)

Publication Details

Publisher: Fawcett
Published: 1976
Pages: 168
ISBN: 9780449136010

About Unknown Author

Patricia Ann Ponder was born on March 9, 1942 in a one hundred-twenty year old house constructed by her grandparents near Goldonna, Louisiana, where her family resided during seventh generation. She grep up in her parent's farm in Northern Louisiana. At 15, Patricia married with Mr. Maxwell and they formed a happy family. At 21, she needed to be something more than a housewife and she began writing, she sold her first book at 27. She start writing gothic novels with her real name, Patricia Maxwell; she wrote one book in collaboration as Elizabeth Trehearne and she singed a murder mystery and a romantic suspense story as her maiden name, Patricia Ponder. When the gothic genre began to decay, she began to publish only romance genre, contemporany romances as Maxine Patrick and historical romances as Jennifer Blake, the only pseudonym that she uses now. This legend of the romance genre is called the "Steel Magnolia of women's fiction" and gained New York Times Best Seller status since 1977, with "Love's wild desire". An international best seller as well, she has been published in 18 languages with worldwide sales approaching 30 million. She was honored with the position as Writer-in-Residence for the University of Northeastern Louisiana, and is a charter, and honorary, member of Romance Writers of America. Since 1998, Patricia and her husband have resided in a lakeside Caribbean-styled retreat in North Louisiana where they often entertain friends and family.