Book Review: Masquerade by Janette Rallison

Title: Masquerade
Author: Janette Rallison
Publisher: self
Release Date: November 2012
Pages: eBook only
Series: none
5 STARS: I LOVED IT!!!

When Clarissa takes a much needed job under slightly false pretenses, she doesn’t think it will be such a big deal. She may have told her movie-star boss that she was married, but that shouldn’t matter. After all, she doesn’t want anything to do with men for a long, long time.

It’s hard for a woman to keep up the masquerade when her boss is as handsome as Slade Jacobson and the job takes her to Hawaii with him. In between handling his whirlwind four-year-old daughter and dealing with a whole cast of Hollywood personalities, Clarissa has to keep a tight hold on her heart.

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My Thoughts:
I loved this book! Clarissa was a single mom with a critical and disinterested ex-husband. She needed a job and found an old friend of her ex’s at a temp agency. He thought she was still married and sent her over to Slade the movie star’s house for a nanny interview. The guy told her Slade preferred the nanny to be married so she wouldn’t be another girl trying to get his attention instead of nannying his daughter. Slade thinking Clarissa was married was not the most promising start to a romance, but it got interesting. Then there was Landon, Slade’s movie star friend she met in Hawaii, who either didn’t believe she was married or didn’t care.

Told from both Clarissa and Slade’s POV made it even more fun and frustrating. The poor guy thought she was married for crying out loud. I enjoyed the parts with Clarissa and her daughter and Slade and his daughter, very sweet. Slade’s daughter was a handful making for some pretty funny/embarrassing scenes. Like I’ve said before, Janette Rallison writes the most cringe worthy and hilarious embarrassing moments.

Masquerade was a light-hearted, entertaining, clean adult romance. I recommend it to any romance lover.

Content Ratings: highlight between ( ) to view details
Sexual Content: mild ( kissing )
Language: none
Violence: none

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Reviewed by Kathryn Cooper
Creator of Clean Adult Fiction