MASQUERADE - 4 FEBRUARY 2012

Three Writers

Three Stories

One Location 

MASQUERADE - 4 FEBRUARY 2012

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BLURB:  Threatened by his father with disinheritance, Lord Edwin Nash is sent to London for one season to find a wife. In London, Nash discovers he is the lamb, the sacrifice of the society matrons, to be shackled to one of the girls by the end of the season.

At a masquerade ball, Nash hides in a study to avoid the ladies vying for his attention.  He is discovered by Lord Thomas Downe, the Duke of Lynwood, the handsome stranger that Nash had met the day before.  Nash is horrified when Thomas calmly tells him he knows the secret that Nash had hidden for years and that he sees through the mask that Edwin presents to the rest of the world.  As Nash shares a secret dance and kiss, he slowly relaxes in Downe's company.

As Nash plays the dutiful lamb to society, Downe introduces Nash to other men like himself, and he realises he is not alone.  Then his father demands that Nash return, engaged to be married, and Nash realises his time with Downe is coming to a end.

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BLURB: Infamous American blackguard and blockade runner, Captain Anthony Charles, has made a fortune in gold, running contraband between England and the Confederate States at the height of the Civil War in 1863. Anthony knows good brandy and fine cigars and his English clients appreciate him for it, but the captain also craves young submissive men. When he wins a young prostitute at an auction, Francois becomes his slave for seven days.

Francois has turned to prostitution to survive, but he is more than a whore. While most men who enjoy his favors treat him cruelly, he is stunned by this temporary owner's kindness. Being a slave to this blue-eyed Master is no difficult task. Both men find that love may not be as elusive as they thought. Will the separation of oceans and time test their love or bring pain beyond bearing?

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BLURB: The Downe's Valentine's Day Masquerade Ball has been an annual event for over a hundred years and where, four years ago, Gabe met Mike.

It's been over six months since Mike's death and Mike thinks that Gabe is ready to move on. How does Gabe know this? He receives a letter and a ticket to the ball, from Mike. Gabe isn't sure he'll ever be ready to move on, but in deference to Mike's memory, he attends the ball.

What Gabe doesn't know, is that his best friend, Tom, the one constant in his life since college, has also received a letter from Mike. Will Gabe be able to move forward and remember a long forgotten love, or will his world come crumbling down around his ears, again?