Nothing's more valuable to a career in fashion than a positive public opinion. Most will stop at nothing to cover up their private inadequacies to attain the perfect image. With ten long years in the industry under her belt, twenty-eight-year-old personal assistant Emilia Wyck is confident she has perfected her act. Of course, that's only until the night of a Venetian masquerade when perceived physical anonymity blurs the lines between truth and fabrication, public and private. Caught hopelessly unprepared for the attentions of a man with familiar blue eyes, Emilia finally sees how impossible it is to distinguish the masked from the unmasked. Her confusion turns her world upside down in a way she never imagined, ultimately forcing her to acknowledge the lies she's told herself for years. Torn between desire and personal obligation, Emilia must find balance before her life becomes a smoldering heap of regret... and all without slipping back into the comforts of a mask.