Masquerade — Susanna Howe

IN A WORLD OF LAVISH DISGUISE SHE HARBORED A SECRET LOVE...

Clare Cailin, ebony-haired orphan, longed to enter the privileged world of Philadelphia society -- the world to which handsome, devil-may-care Devin Maitland had been born. His burning touch had awakened in her a hungry new passion, but Devin was called to the sea and as suddenly as their love blazed, he was gone.

Heartbroken, Clare fled to the arms of wealthy French entrepreneur Max Laurent. But neither the glitter of Paris and Monte Carlo, nor the excitement of burgeoning young San Francisco, helped her forget.

For with the treasures of the world at her feet, a green-eyed seaman still ruled her heart. Devin -- the man who had turned innocence to ecstasy, and who had vowed one day to return....