Masque : A Dark Halloween Mafia Romance

by Nicole Grey

I traded nine days of my life for my brother's freedom. Sébastien Rivaux wants more.
I'm Odile Sanche. I restore damaged silk for a living. When my brother's gambling debt puts him at the mercy of
the Rivaux family, my hands are the only thing I have left to bargain with.
Sébastien needs his dead father's ceremonial coat rebuilt before the Halloween Masque. A double must wear it
beneath the chandeliers and convince a ballroom full of dangerous people that the family is still under its
patriarch's control.
I can make the illusion hold.
His terms are nine days on the third floor of his New Orleans townhouse. No outside contact. No leaving
without him. Finish the coat, and my brother's debt disappears.
Behind his black mask, Sébastien watches every stitch. He sees the scars I keep covered. And in the hours
between fittings, I begin to want the man who holds the key.
But the house is full of secrets, and the coming masquerade will test more than my work. Before midnight, I
need to know whether the freedom he promised me was ever his to give.
If he wants me to stay, he'll have to let me leave.
A standalone Halloween dark mafia romance with a hard-won happy ending.

249 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 13, 2026

Reviews

[Ilene G> · Rating 2 out of 5]

Disappointing.

I did not like the main characters. Odile and Sebastien didn't have chemistry. Sometimes, I found their conversations boring. Odile is strong and did not let Sebastien intimidate her. Both had scars and painful memories.