Michael fell in love with Lady X. And he got to know Camellia and came to respect her. The same could be said for Cam. Michael is trying to turn from his rakeshell ways. She realized that the Michael she has started to know is not the Michael that society portrayed him as.
The book is slow going, but only because I couldn't wait for each of them to figure out who the other truly is. And in what way it would come out.

This is book two in the Rogues to Riches series and I think it might be my favorite books from Erica Ridley. I absolutely adored both Lord Wainwright and Miss Camellia Grenville's characters and their romance. I loved to see this side of a hero who doesn’t want his rakehell image but is stuck with it. He wants someone to see him for himself, know the real person behind the mask rather than the image that the ton has created for him. The heroine, on the other hand, is labeled as mousy but is daring and a risk taker at heart. The chemistry between the hero and the heroine in sheet-scorching hot but the romance is also just as much sweet and romantic. This book will definitely end up on my shelf of favorite romances.

* I received this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher for an honest review*

Wow! An Excellent book. I have recently started reading books in Regency Romance genre so for me the idea of the Masquerade was exceptional as I read it for the first time. The chemistry between Lady Camilla the good girl and Lord Wainwright the playboy is irresistible. The link between the two books The Lord of Chance and The Lord of Pleasure was very interesting.

Honest review in return for this ARC. Sweet story with nice and interesting characters. Not erotic but romantic.

If you buy that people genuinely can't recognize one another because they're wearing half-masks, this is a fun regency romance.

While some of the premise might have been a bit stretched thin, it was still a good read and the ending even had a surprise in store.

I often fuss about how much time Ridley spends in her characters heads (I call this passive writing). Not this time. There is enough dialog and action to keep even me happy. I loved both main characters. They wore masks in their daily lives and found they could only be themselves when they were masked and anonymous. It was fun to see how being themselves changed their lives. Look for humor, great dialog and fun secondary characters. All kept the book moving and me reading.

I received this book through NetGalley this is a honest review. This book is very well written the characters development and interaction is wonderful. This book kept me well entertained and captivated the whole way through. Essentially everyone has more than one side of them Michael know for being a rake was not truly that person it was more of a mask that he wore to make it through life. Camellia had made it to spinsterhood and was ok with this till her family decided to marry her off this brought out a bolder side of her. This story follows these too through a wonderful romance and a happily ever after this is a must read.

I've read many books by Erica Ridley already and on the whole I always enjoyed reading them but somehow this book didn't do it for me. It is still nice to read but I found myself skipping pages and I couldn't really get into it.
Alright, many of the historical romances are not very realistic and you just have to cut them some slack because they are just, well, romances. Most of them work out for me well despite that because the romance part is the reason why I read those books, I need my HEA and everything around it and reality wasn't always that accomodating.
Unfortunately apart from being very nice and likeable, Lord Wainwright, our eponymous Lord of Pleasure, is not very convincing in his quest for bettering himself. Well, he is convincing in his wish to become respectable but in my eyes he appears to be a bit pathetic.
Miss Camellia Grenville is sweet and nice and everything else but especially at the end, it was a bit too much and she took more risks than I would have felt were even remotely realistic. Maybe I'm too critical and should rather applaud Camellia but somehow - nope.
Apart from that the book is well written, it's just a problem with the story and its characters that makes it less fitting for me, other people may be less critical there (and more romantic) and might enjoy it much more.

This novel was a delightful read. I enjoyed the interaction between the characters as well as the romance and mystery that were entwined in this story.
Miss Camellia Grenville keeps herself out of trouble and does what is expected of her, even though she longs to be an opera singer, but cannot since it would bring scandal on her family. Camellia does not like Lord Wainwright, since his words took away the funding for her sister's school for desolate women. She is very protective of her family and will sacrifice herself if it means they are happy.
Lord Michael Wainwright has be named the Lord of Pleasure since he affects all the women that come across his path. He is a rake and lives in the scandal sheets, but does not realize the true impact of his words. He takes a bet that he can go 40 days without appearing in the scandal sheets, a bet many assume he will fail.
When Camellia attends a masked ball, she meets Michael, but they do not know who they other is. They enjoy each other's company and can be themselves, not what society expects from them. The masked balls at the home of one of Michael's friends in help once every week and he cannot wait to see his masked lady. He does not have to be the lord of pleasure, but can be himself. Outside of the masked balls, Camellia shows her dislike of Michael, but she begins to see another side of him too and she begins to change her opinions of him.
When someone reveals Michael's identity at the masked ball, Camellia is shocked and flees. Michael tries to find find her but has no idea who she is since he knows now she is the only one for him. Camellia cannot be linked to scandal or betray her sisters. Part of the intrigue of this novel is when Michael and Camellia will figure out the other's identity and realize that the other has brought out the true person in the other. Michael wants Camellia as his wife and Camellia realizes she should go after her dreams. It just goes to show you cannot judge a book by its cover.

Really enjoyed this Romance novel. This was a great quick read and would recommend to all.