It has been ten years since Ada has been to Barcelona. She never imagined she would dare to come back, yet somehow she must prove to herself that it is not just an illusion. Safely hidden in the drawer of a bedroom nightstand in her luxurious apartment is a paper-wrapped journal that holds more than just memories. It may contain the answer to her happiness. Twenty-eight-year-old Ada, who is fiercely independent and abashedly carnal, has everything a modern woman could want: a stunning career as a sought-after wedding photographer, a wardrobe of fashionable clothes, loyal friends, and a list of lovers rich in body and pocket. Now engaged to her latest conquest, Paulo, Ada has traveled to Spain to find the one man she could never seduce and fill in the hole in her memory about what happened on the night they met. But as she vacillates between her memories and reality, Ada has no idea she is about to discover what truly lies beneath her mask: her true self. Mask by Mask shares the tale of one woman's poignant journey as she returns to Barcelona in search of a man from her past who may possess the key to everything that haunts her in life.