The Masks We Wear

<p><strong>The Getaway was never on Chloe Scott's map-until the night she needed to disappear.</strong></p><p>Under the relentless glare of Chicago politics the mayor's daughter survives by smiling on cue and never letting anyone close enough to leave a mark. But one panic-stricken winter evening drives Chloe forty miles west to a dim suburban bar whose neon sign promises exactly what she craves: escape.</p><p>Lou Mitchell built <em>The Getaway </em>in the small town of Fairfield just outside of Chicago as a safe haven. After her mother vanished and left fraud in Lou's name trust became a liability she couldn't afford. She pours drinks keeps secrets and never risks her heart-until a stranger orders tea instead of tequila and exhales like she's finally safe.</p><p>What begins as stolen Thursday nights soon ignites into stolen kisses. Then a leaked photo exposes Chloe's identity and shoves both women under headlines that can ruin them. To keep seeing Lou Chloe strikes a bargain with her cousin-feed him bar gossip or face life under a full-time security detail. </p><p>When the story explodes to salvage the only place they've ever felt genuine Chloe must risk the one thing her world never allows: honesty. And Lou has to bet everything she has that Chloe's love isn't just another con.</p><p><em>A short sapphic hidden identity romance.</em></p><p><br> </p>