Ryan's Masquerade

In a cozy restaurant in Portland, Oregon, Ryan Elkerson, still in shock over his wife's sudden death in Switzerland a week earlier, sees a woman who looks exactly like his wife. Compelled to meet her, he see that while the resemblance to his wife Julie is indeed remarkable, the quiet woman sitting alone is nothing like his contentious, self-centered wife. Yet...

Stephanie Franklin, harboring her own secrets and wary of strangers, feels at ease with the man who has made his way to her table--and she is attracted.

So begins a story of two people meeting each other in difficult circumstances, drawn to each other, and willing to deceive the rest of the world in order to free themselves from their unhappy pasts.

But in order to become free of the past, one must confront the past--and the people from it. Like any masquerade, there comes the time when the deception must end and all must be revealed.