Masquerade Mistake ~ Sunset Bay Series, Book 1

It was supposed to be a night to forget, but he left her an every day reminder...

Seven years ago, Claire Myers spent one unforgettable night with a masked stranger — and left without exchanging names. She had a plan: college, a fresh start, a clean slate. Then a missed period changed everything.

Now she’s a single mom building a quiet life in Sunset Bay — running a book-swag business, raising six-year-old Finn, and keeping her world small enough to feel safe. Dating? Not even a thought.

Until her best friend sets her up with her cousin, and Claire finds herself sitting across from a man whose voice, whose smile, whose presence feels like something she can’t quite name — until she can.

Ethan Chance is the stranger from that night. He just doesn’t know it. And he has no idea Finn exists.

As they grow closer and the feelings she buried come rushing back, Claire is caught between the truth and everything she stands to lose. Then Ethan tells her he never wants children — and suddenly, the secret she’s been carrying isn’t just about the past. It could end everything before it begins.

Masquerade Mistake is a steamy, emotion-rich small-town romance about second chances, the courage it takes to love again, and what happens when the life you built to protect yourself is the very thing standing between you and the future you never let yourself want. The first standalone in the Sunset Bay series — set on the sun-soaked coast of Southern California.

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