Masque (The Two Monarchies Sequence)
by W. R. Gingell
Beauty met the Beast and there was . . . Bloody murder? There's a murderer loose in the Imperial City. Lady Isabella Farrah, whose oldest friend has been murdered, is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Lord Pecus, Commander of the Watch, is determined to keep her safe. He has something quite different in mind for Isabella. Can Isabella solve the mystery and break the Pecus curse?