They become friends and really enjoy each other’s company. I like that despite the steamy beginning, their relationship ends up building naturally. Tuck has some issues from his past and Francesca grew up in foster care, group homes and Juvie. Tuck and Francesca have a one night stand, but they find out later that they live in the same building. However, when his friend, the Quarterback of the team makes a bet that he can’t get the princess, Tuck decides to take on the challenge. The Story: When the princess bride calls Tuck Avery a pervert in the bar of club Decadence, he is not used to that, especially since she was wrong about his intentions. There was a time in Tucks life where he sowed his wild oats, but lately he has enjoyed having regular girlfriends rather than different women every night, but he didn’t have one at the moment so decided to enjoy the night out. His friends on the team take him out for his birthday to a high class BDSM club where the patrons all wear masks and/or costumes. His birthday is also the same day his dad died ten years ago. The Hero: Tuck Avery - he just turned 35, which is old for a wide receiver in the NFL. So on the night that she was supposed to get married, she dons her wedding dress and goes with her friend to club decadence for their fairytale masquerade night where the women are all dressed as fairytale princesses and the men are all in masks. The heroine: Francesca Lane - she caught her fiancée cheating on her right before the wedding. Can this tormented prince accept love, or will he push his princess away forever?

But fate has a teeny-tiny trick up her sleeve…a plus sign on a pregnancy test. Getting tangled up with a shallow jerk is the last thing Francesca needs right now, so she vows to keep Tuck from recognizing her (not that she’s his type anyway).

His hobbies include parties and supermodels―or so the tabloids say. Unfortunately, Francesca realizes quickly that her masked prince is the wealthy jock who lives in the penthouse of her apartment building. For one night, Francesca and Tuck indulge in a wickedly incognito affair. There, she meets unknown-to-her NFL star Tuck Avery, dressed as a prince and hiding behind a mask―he’s there to celebrate his birthday. But when her fiancé betrays her, she puts on her wedding dress and ditches the altar for a masquerade ball―at an exclusive lifestyle club. Levelheaded Francesca Lane never thought she’d miss her own wedding.

A masquerade ball brings together an NFL player and a penniless princess in this smart and sexy romance from Wall Street Journal bestselling author Ilsa Madden-Mills.

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