A Deadly Masquerade Blythe Marden's life is dull and proper. As a lady's companion, she doesn't expect anything different, though inside she longs for more. Then fate takes her into London on a hanging day. She doesn't mean to glance toward the condemned man, but she is drawn to him by a force she can't explain. Suddenly the crowd erupts in turmoil. The man has escaped. But Blythe does not. She is about to be drawn into an unexpected adventure. A Love Unmasked Simon Woodley, unjustly convicted, has felt the noose around his neck. Nothing in his years as an actor has prepared him for such a role. Nor did he intend to force Blythe to join his dash to freedom, but in her he finds an unexpected ally - and lover. Now they are thrust into a drama of mystery, danger and treachery, and only love has the power to end a deadly charade.