{"product_id":"masques-paperback","title":"Masques - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101946384607,"sku":"9781636324104","price":32.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/JBKfX9Di239781636324104.webp?v=1781075937","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/masques-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}