title: Masquerade: Liberty, Fidelity, Eternity/A Duplicitous Facade/Love's Unmasking/Moonlight Masquerade (Heartsong Novella Collection)
author:  Jill Stengl 
description: Behind one feathered mask, four women of three different eras discover themselves surrounded by treachery and deception, intricate ploys, ill-bred engagements, aristocratic crooks, fraudulent family, and even a few poor choices of their own. But love also hides in well-disguised companions, and you never know what purposes God is knitting, even when things seem impossibly complicated. The most poignant unmasking comes when each of them drops their own defenses and invites the "author of life and love" to write unimaginable finales.
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  The Mercenary Major
  
  by Kate Moore
  
  [Stillpoint/Romance](http://StillpointDigitalPress.com/romance/MercMaj-title)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  She sought to unmask an imposter. . .but exposed her heart instead
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 1994 by Kate Moore
  
  All rights reserved
  
  ebook edition
  
  ebook conversion by David Kudler,
  [StillpointDigitalPress.com](http://StillpointDigitalPress.com/?MercMaj-copy)
  
  ISBN: 978-0-9848971-2-4
  
  Original edition: 0-380-77541-7
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To Jack’s first fans -
  
  Barbara and Pam,
  
  Joanne, Tracy and Joan
  
  and Monica
  
  Thanks
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  IRRESISTIBLE IMPOSTOR
  
  > > “Whoever you are, you appear to have no scruples whatsoever and to rely on
  > an ingratiating manner and bold deception to achieve your self-serving and
  > mercenary ends.” She paused. She doubted such a speech would have any effect
  > on him, but it did relieve her feelings. She turned toward the stairs.
  
  > > But the impostor grabbed her right wrist and swung her around. He caught
  > her about the waist and pulled her 