For ruffles and lace cannot hide Valerian's fevered passion for the lovely and confused Sophie--while Phelan yearns for the tormented beauty Juliette, who has dressed in man's clothing to escape a heartless abuser. And now both peril and ecstasy await them all as they move in a seductive dance of deception--where every false, protective mask must ultimately be stripped away...to reveal the true, radiant and rapturous love beneath.