At a masquerade ball, Molly Devaney shares a very hot kiss
and a steamy encounter with some masked man she believes to be Garrett Gage.
She then believes that they were meant to be together, but has not yet revealed
himself to be her masked man. Molly and her sister Kate were orphans at a young
age and came to live with the wealthy Gage family. As soon as Molly and the
younger Gage son Julian first met when she was 3 and he was six, they have felt
a connection. I love the anecdote about the time when Molly first met Julian
and she took her lollipop out of her mouth when she was little and handed it to
Julian and he popped it in his. So cute. Julian and Molly turn into best friends. The
frustrating thing for them, particularly Julian, is that his family kept trying
to condition the two of them that they must never have a romantic relationship.
Another moving anecdote is when Molly wanted to take Julian to the prom and the
family told her that she must always think of him only as a brother and she
broke down in tears. It’s baffling that the family didn’t just let nature take
its course. A lot of headaches, as well as a lot of pain for Julian and Molly
could have been saved if the family hadn’t interfered. Like I said, I think the
worst thing the family did, even though they thought it was for the right
reasons, was not just that they tried to keep the two apart but the way they tried
to condition them and buck their natural instincts. A little unnecessarily cruel
to my way of thinking.
Anyway, the story starts out with Molly hoping to get Julian
to help her win his brother Garrett. The plan is to pretend they are a couple,
thus inciting Garrett’s jealousy and making him fall for Molly. Julian is at
first happy to help, if not a little surprised by Molly’s interest in his
brother. However, it doesn’t take long for him to get in touch with his true
feelings for Molly, feelings he’s been made to bury all these years. The scenes
between Julian and Molly were at times funny, moving, intense, and very sexy. I
look forward to reading more by this author and catching the story of Molly’s
sister Kate.
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