{"product_id":"masques","title":"Masques","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMasques\u003c\/h1\u003eSherwood Smith\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Book View Cafe\u003cbr\u003eMarch 22 2026\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781636324104\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 163632410X\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\"Disguise your passion in masque; when the dance ends, peril begins.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's nearly fourteen years since the Norsunder War ended on Sartorias-deles. But peacetime still has surprises for The Trouble With Kings' second gen, especially those with high ambitions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSky Szinzar, Princess of Ralanor Veleth, has loyally insisted on the betrothal she made to Lexan Glenereth, a landless boy with no prospects, made when they were kids. Her peers utterly scorn a \"betrothal\" she formed at age twelve-a scorn led by sarcastic Prince Garian-Rafael.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow it's fourteen years later, and Sky is finally holding her coming-of-age ball, which is spectacularly ruined by her abduction. On horseback. Right off the ballroom floor . . . by the prince she hates most. A wager or a lark? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen courtship between him and her and him (or is that him and him and her?) wears the guise of high politics, the dance soon gets wild.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis cozy romantic fantasy comedy of manners stands alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67393087733805,"sku":"WHS-353c5cbf02cc4a01bcf66591902ece99","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_8375b590-6901-4d71-b95b-809ea84b6e1a.jpg?v=1787371255","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/masques","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}