I was ecstatic when I was informed this book was finally available!

"The heiress masquerade" takes place at the same time as "the heiress swap" relating the story of Aimee, who is impersonating her cousin Evie to try and get more insight in her father's company to convince him she is the future leader the company needs.

While her family think her busy in the glittering ballrooms looking for a lord to marry, she is instead working alongside her longtime nemesis: Harrison, her father's protegè and possible future leader of the company.

As it always is with Maddison Michaels' books, the story is really well written, the characters beautifully designed and full of life, the dialogues are entertaining and the bantering brilliant!

It was really difficult to put the book down as I wanted to know how the story will unfold!

My level of eagerness: reading at 3 in morning!

Thanks to the author and the publisher for providing me with an ARC.

The story evolves around two cousins who switch places in England in order to fulfill Aimee’s dream of becoming invaluable to her father’s business in a man’s world.
Aimee encounters Harrison the man in charge and the exciting romp of arguing and banter begins as they work together.
Each has their goals for the future which may not include the other.
Enjoyable read and characters are well drawn. Some fun sexy scenes add to the storyline.

💃🏻ARC Review💃🏻

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I am always a fan of a good historical romance but I have to say, it’s very hard to beat my favourite writer of this genre Evie Dunmore. That being said, I do enjoy a good historical romance with a little bit of intrigue thrown in.

I enjoyed this story! I liked the premise of this girl being so against the life laid out for her that she convinces her chaperone to switch places with her so she can go on to learn about and work for the business instead. Ingenuity! Reminds me a bit of Eloise Bridgerton as a character. I enjoyed the dynamic between the two main characters and the way they ended up complimenting each other and their fitted lifestyles. I always enjoy a story where the MMC is taken by surprise by the FMC, or when she’s not what he’s expecting. Of course there were times when you want to put some sense into the characters and tell them to get on with it, but when isn’t there?

Loved the added conspiracy aspect as it made for an interesting addition and kept things a little more in depth and not just surface level.

Overall an enjoyable read!

The Heiress Masquerade by Maddison Michaels releases on August 20th, 2024.

📚The Heiress Masquerade by Maddison Michaels: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 ~ 3.5 stars (4 on Goodreads)

If you love a historical rom com with an outlandish premise, you'll fall in love with the Heiress Masquerade. Aimee Thornton-Jones is determined to foil her mother's plan to marry her to a titled Englishman during the London season. She is strong willed and independent, and she would prefer to learn about her father's business than to spend her days dancing around a ballroom. While sailing to London, she convinces her chaperone, who is also her cousin, to trade places with her. When they arrive in London, Evie heads off to drink and dance while Aimee heads to the London arm of her father's company to participate in a six week traineeship as a secretary.

Harrison is in the midst of an important business negotiation when Aimee arrives in his life. He is surprised to find that his boss's niece is nothing like how he described. Instead of a quiet, bookish girl with an affinity for fossils, she turns out to be vocal, opinionated, and surprisingly business savvy. She works her way into his negotiations with her command of foreign languages, and ends up helping him uncover a conspiracy that threatens her father's company.

I love that Harrison and Aimee fall for each other before they realize how compatible their positions in life are. Harrison loves the way Aimee challenges him, and she loves the way he makes her heart race. This book is steamy with a healthy dose of mystery and suspence. I recommend The Heiress Masquerade for fans of Harper St. George's The Gilded Age Heiresses series.

4.5 Stars! I really liked this book! This is the second book in the ‘Dollar Princess’ series and can be read on its own. I enjoyed book one but enjoyed this book more, since the main male character in this book wasn’t so much of a ‘Richard’ as the main male from book 1! The main characters in this book are Aimee and Harrison, & while I liked both of them, at times I could’ve just slapped some sense into both of them! This book has a mix of mystery, ‘sexy times’, frenemies to lovers, witty banter, some pent up sexual frustration arguing, whodunnit, with a headstrong business minded female main character and a love-scared male main character, good old ‘Merican guns & threats of shooting, surprises, twists and turns, ‘he loves me he loves me not’ back & forth, with a ‘bad guy’ you won’t see coming, murder, all that and than some, and of course, a HEA ending. Totally worth reading if you ask me!
*I received this book at no charge & I voluntarily left this review.*

Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the e-arc!

This book was amazing. It put me right back to my regency/historical romance era. Don’t sit this one out otherwise you’d miss all the devious things :)