MASQUERADE [Hardcover]

Janet Dailey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1990

The story of a determined, courageous and intelligent woman, Remy Jardin, who must unravel the mystery behind an accident involving her family's shipping company or risk losing the man she loves - and possibly her life.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Prolific, bestselling romance writer Dailey ( Rivals ; Heiress ; etc.) casts her spell this time in the splendid decay and corruption of New Orleans, where beautiful Remy Jardin returns after being mysteriously knocked on the head at Carnival in Nice. Her sharp wits befuddled by amnesia, Remy sees everyone with newly opened eyes--her loving father, who's surprisingly anxious to pack her off to a deluxe asylum; goodnatured yet slippery brother Gabe; jovial Uncle Marc; and glowering ex-lover Cole Buchanan, who runs the Jardins' shipping company and tears at her heart. While Remy delves into an unsavory insurance scam she'd be safer letting lie, the story moves smoothly between sentimental glories of the past century and the suspenseful present. Readers caught up in this evocative, flavorful tale will easily forgive Remy's denser moments. 200,000-copy first printing; $250,000 ad/promo; Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selections; author tour.
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Product Details

• Hardcover: 326 pages
• Publisher: Little Brown; 1st edition (March 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0316171425
• ISBN-13: 978-0316171427
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,478,892 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars passion, November 10, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Masquerade (Mass Market Paperback)

Synopsis They say her name is Remy Jardin and that she belongs to one of the wealthiest families in New Orleans. That she should forget the masked man that ruthlessly took her past away from her when he struck her unconscious that night at the carnival in Nice. Al her memories gone... just like that. They say it probably will come back, in fragments and quick flashes, like a pussle that needs to be put together. She should just not worry about it. It will happen. It will come back. But among her memories lies a dark secret, information someone could kill for... even a beloved.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More of a mystery than a romance, March 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Masquerade (Mass Market Paperback)

In the cassette version of Masquerade, the relationship between Remy and her lover doesn't really factor in to most of the story, and is left open, allowing the book to become more of a mystery novel than a romance.

Synopsis: Waking from a head injury, Remy Jardin finds herself in the middle of a life she can't remember. A member of one of the wealthiest families in New Orleans, the lover of a man her family despises, and the guardian of a dark secret that someone is willing to kill for.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Oh, the shame!, March 24, 2001

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MD (Washington, DC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Masquerade (Mass Market Paperback)

Living abroad and starved for English language books drove me to read Masquerade, one of the few available options. What a book. You want to say that it's a must-read on its own terms, but you can't- the best you can do is that it's an okay-read. The prose is stilted and repetitive, and while Dailey is decent at using this repetition to build up suspense, she doesn't take it anywhere, so it just kind of fizzles. Furthermore, the love story set in the middle may provide a parallel, but it has no place in her novel- she either couldn't come up with enough plot or couldn't devise a way to throw in a third love scene between the two main characters. I'm new to the romance genre, but if this is among the best of what it has to offer, I'll be searching elsewhere for good reading soon. Masquerade is a nice try, but the plot isn't compelling, and the steamy scenes just aren't steamy enough. All in all, read it if you have to, but try to avoid it.