At a ball where masks are required, he hid his scars and she hid her defiance—until one dance revealed that the truest monsters are not the ones we see, but the ones we choose to love.In a world where masks are mandatory and hearts are optional, one omega dares to refuse her fate.
Vera May is a scandal. At twenty-four, she’s an unmated omega with a dangerous secret: she’s immune to alpha commands. To society, she’s “broken” and “difficult.” To her desperate mother, she’s a failed investment. But Vera refuses to be sold into a gilded cage, especially not to the possessive Alpha Benjamin Denn, who believes a “stronger hand” can fix her defiance.
When an invitation to the mysterious Lord Stewart’s Valentine’s Masquerade arrives, it’s her last chance to find a suitable match. But Vera isn’t looking for a husband. She’s hunting for a truth—the identity of the scarred, reclusive host whose scent of smoke and shadows haunts her, and whose lonely, handwritten poetry makes her heart race.Edgar Stewart is a monster. At least, that’s what society whispers about the disfigured alpha who hides in his gothic manor. Burned while trying to save his parents, he’s lived in isolation for twelve years, observing his own parties from the shadows. When he finds Vera being threatened by a rival alpha, he can’t stop himself from intervening. From the moment their eyes meet, his dormant alpha instincts roar to life with a single word: MINE.
But theirs is no ordinary fairytale. Vera has to choose between her hard-won independence and a mate who sees her as a person, not a prize. Because in a relationship without masks, the deepest scars aren’t always the ones you can see.
A darkly romantic and emotionally intense gothic tale, The Masked Valentine is a story of defiant love, survival, and two broken souls who find wholeness in each other’s arms.
