Masque:Choices: A Gaston Leroux Phantom of the Opera Romance series, Book One (Volume 1)

Erik is dying. Not once in his life has anyone ever loved him, not even his mother. Every day his heart fails him more and he is desperate not to die alone. He hides his face and past sins behind a mask. Erik is dying and has fallen desperately, obsessively in love. Christine Daaé, a rising start at the Paris Opera is kidnapped by Erik, her voice tutor. Erik gives her a choice, marry him or watch her lover die an agonizing death in his torture chamber. She agrees to the marriage in name only, but is determined to honor her marriage vows, though she’ll love Raoul forever. But, she finds herself falling under the spell of Erik’s music and the tender wounded soul he desperately tries to hide behind his mask. Erik finds his mask cannot protect his heart from the anguish of unrequited love. His passion for Christine has brought him to the brink of insanity and threatens to destroy them both. Christine wants each man for a different reason, but she must choose: fight for her husband’s sanity, her marriage and the life they have made together in the dark or go with the handsome Raoul to live in the light This love story, explores the resiliency of true love, the dignity of the human spirit and challenges our perception of sanity and beauty.