If you’re looking for a fun little historical romance with a twist, this is it! Had such a fun time reading, love when we have such a sassy FMC!

Excellent book, loved it! Looking forward to more from this author! Apologies for the lateness of my review

Amy & Harrison built up with the perfect hate-to-love-you vibes. Their chemistry was instant and their connection built quickly. I love how Maddison Michaels writes such strong independent women and allows the men to love them as they are without trying to change them. Even if it takes them a minute to accept. This story has intrigue, passion and love and is read masterfully by Heather Wilds in audio.

American heiress Aimee would rather take over her father’s company than marry a titled English lord, so she concocts a plan to swap places with her lowborn cousin when they go to England together. Evie will pretend to be Aimee and go to balls and such, while Aimee will work as a secretary in the London office of her father’s company. Except the outspoken Aimee is nothing like her father described to his protegee and head of the English brand, Harrison. He’s both annoyed and intrigued by Aimee and is disappointed that his beloved boss has misled him about the girl’s personality. Of course, the bickering and fighting serves as delicious foreplay for these two, who are distracted by their attraction for each other. We also get an interesting plot about business sabotage, which turns into a kidnapping scheme. Super exciting and fast-paced story.

This book was not my cup of tea. I would have loved to read more banter in this. This was a bit slower paced for me.

(4 ⭐️)
(2.5 🌶️)


This was such a guilty pleasure! I had so much fun reading this. It’s been a while since I read a historical romance and I thoroughly enjoyed this. The banter was unmatched and the chemistry between Aimee and Harrison was sizzling. I loved the identity switch trope throughout because it made the stakes so much higher! And THAT TWIST?! I was not expecting that at all, and even when I thought I knew what was going on, I was wrong! I truly enjoyed this. The spice is good, and tasteful given the period in which the novel was based. If you’re looking for a guilty pleasure historical romance, this is a great place to start!

Some of the action has a slight melodramatic tone. Entertaining, but the romance didn't feel quite right.

This was a really fun read. I enjoyed Aimee and Harrison's romance. Sharp banter, fiery sparks and a couple tempting twists light up this engaging read while keeping you focused, invested and happily getting your read on.

I have been provided with a review copy of this title from NetGalley for an impartial review. This was just a great read. I was just drawn in to this story so thoroughly. I just had so much fun reading this story.

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. If you like historical romance with a little mystery and fun, passionate characters, I recommend this book for you!

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Spice: 🌶🌶

Aimee, the strong FMC, is determined to convince her father that she is capable of running his business, even though her mother wants her to find a titled man to marry and start a family. Harrison Stone, her MMC counterpart, was taken in by Aimee's father as a boy and mentored in all things business. Now Harrison runs the London branch of his company. When her cousin Evie and herself are sent to London for 6 weeks, Aimee capitalizes on the opportunity to switch places with Evie so she can secretly go to the secretary training and learn about her father's business. Obviously, the switch doesn't go completely as planned, and Aimee ends up in a pretty serious predicament.

My thoughts:
-Aimee and Harrison have a humorous and interesting dynamic - bickering and bumping heads constantly. I enjoy how they challenge each other throughout the book.
- I love a strong, determined FMC in historical romances. I cheer in the women trying to break out of the societal mold. Go Aimee!
- The story surprised me
- I love Aimee's father. He's the absolute best

Overall, if you like a good historical romance with some passion and a little romance, this book is for you!

Thank you, NetGalley, for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review.

This is book two in the Dollar Princess series and this time we get to read about Aimee's experience masquerading as her cousin Evie. While poor relation Evie is off in book one pretending to be an American heiress dollar princess for six weeks, Aimee is taking secretarial training as Evie at her father's London branch of his American shipping business. Her dream is to take over the business one day but that's unheard of for a young woman in 1890. Harrison, her father's protégé, (they've never met) is running the London side while trying to broker a deal that will hopefully let him buy the London business. He was orphaned as a child, abandoned by his remaining family, but is now the heir to an Earldom. Having real abandonment issues, he vows never to love anyone making Aimee's life difficult. Their discussion of his willingness to have a working wife was interesting along with some real excitement and drama over the sabotaging of the business deal. I do have one nagging problem. They met while Aimee was saving a dog being abused by his owner. Harrison shows up, the dog runs off with its leash still attached never to be mentioned again. Why didn't they try to find the poor dog? I'm worried about him!

To be entirely honest, I really did not like the first book in this series, but I hadn't realized this was a second book in a series until after I received the ARC. I went back and reread the first book, The Heiress Swap, which was very helpfully on KU, just to make sure I didn't miss anything. Luckily, this book, The Heiress Masquerade, worked a bit better for me overall. I liked the storyline a lot more than the last book. Aimee, heiress to a prominent American company, swaps places with her cousin, Evie, so she can learn the ropes of the business. Our hero, Harrison, is de facto CEO of the English leg of the company and her boss for the next 6 weeks. They have a contentious relationship full of snarky back and forth because Aimee wants to be more involved in the deals, while Harrison would rather she stayed in the secretary role she was assigned. Their romance was fine. At points we got some development and other times it just jumped straight to the deep end. I think where this book excelled was the mystery/suspense portion where the couple was trying to figure out who was trying to tank the company and why. I genuinely liked the twist.
Where the book lacks a bit for me is in the writing. The author really likes to hammer home the same point over and over. There was less of that in this book, but it was still present and I found myself saying "we just went over this." The characters also had some personality whiplash to me. For example, the hero randomly starts thinking about how he would upset if she wasn't a virgin? And the heroine randomly decides Harrison might just be after her money? Neither made any sense for the characters or what was happening, in my opinion. I also really don't like some of the language choices during the sex scenes; some of these words really pulled me right out of the book and slapped me with the ick (looking at you "her passage").
Also, since both the main characters are American and love guns, I think it would have been so funny if the author used gun euphemisms during the sex scenes. Just let him put the pistol in her holster!
Overall, I would give this a 3.5 star rating, rounded to 3.

Book: The Heiress Masquerade
Author: Maddison Michaels
Rating: 4/5 stars

This adventurous yet charming historical romance novel was a 4 out of 5 star read for me.
It follows the main character, Aimee, who swaps lives with her cousin for six weeks. This means that her cousin must travel to England so that Aimee can take her place and become a trainee at her father's company. Aimee would rather do this, instead of being shipped to England herself and married off to an eligible lord. No one realizes right away that they have swapped places, which sets up for an interesting dynamic as they have very opposite personalities. However, once she arrives at her father's business, Aimee meets Harrison Stone - and the real adventure begins from there.
Throughout the story there is banter, suspense, and a major theme of enemies to lovers. Following along and watching Aimee and Harrison go from enemies to lovers was a great element of the story, although it was a bit of a rollercoaster for them to get there.
Both main characters are headstrong, stubborn, and driven. This made the story a quick and enjoyable read.

This novel is the second in the Dollar Princess series. I read it as a standalone story, but I will be going back in the future and reading the first book to see how they intertwine.
I am very happy that I read this book, and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a fun romance novel!

Thank you to NetGalley and Entangled Publishing for the opportunity to read the ARC of The Heiress Masquerade.

Such a great book to read. i didn't want to put it down. Maddison writes such captivating characters and settings.

Rich American heiress in disguise meets secret English nobleman. They both proclaim they will never marry (to busy trying to be a woman in business in the late 1800s) or fall on love (a man damaged and closed off by his tragic past). Chaos and hijinks ensue and this ends in exactly the way the cover suggests it will, lol.

Overall, The Heiress Masquerade was an enjoyable quick read with quick-witted, stubborn characters who managed to charm each other (and the reader) and everyone gets their happily ever after.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an eARC of this book via NetGalley and Entangled Publishing, LLC. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Rating: 4/5 Stars
Published: August 20, 2024
Series: Dollar Princess #2
Pages: 352

Author Maddison Michaels in “The Heir Swap” introduced us to Evie, however we are now finding out about Aimee and what she has been up to in London. The “Heiress Masquerade” is the second standalone in the Dollar Princess Series and also an enjoyable read for me. I loved the banter, face-offs with one another and the tension that built up to their attraction between the hero and heroine. The story begins with an heiress who switches places with her cousin because she wants to follow her own dreams and aspirations. All to become a trainee in her father’s London company. What she did not count on was falling in love with her competition…someone her father trusts to run the company.

The pace was a bit slow, but the story was well-written leaving me wanting to find out the ending. Romance, intrigue, loyalty, and a host of other happenings make for this delightful read. I do love the fun-loving enemies to lovers trope with all its entertaining and witty moments.

The Heiress Masquerade story runs parallel timeline version to the first book The Heiress Swap. American Heiress Aimee Thornton-Jones trades places with her American / half English illegitimate cousin Evie Jenkins as Aimee is invited to stay at a Countess’s guest (as her mother wants her to marry a titled Lord) instead would rather learn her father's London business. There Aimee works under Harrison Stone as his secretary and as things are rocky off from their first introduction meeting. There’s mystery (aside from identities) but throughout Aimee’s father’s business that deals with ledgers and someone else wants to harm the business.

Sadly, I just didn’t like this story as much as the first one. I find Aimee’s character too disliking for me. I also didn’t see the connection between her and Harrison as I didn’t fall for their relationship. It moved too slow for me and then the ending after the start of the kidnapping became my favorite part.
I still plan on coming back for the next book in this series.

I received this book at my request and have voluntarily left this unbiased review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

New York - 1890

Aimee Thornton-Jones is telling her mother that she refuses to be the next Dollar Princess. the woman is insisting that she travel to London to be introduced to English Society and hopefully marry a titled English gentleman. The Countess of Braxton will host her. Her traveling companion will be her cousin, Evie. In London, Evie will learn to be a secretary in Aimee’s father business. Aimee wants to remain in New York to finish attending Business College. Now, Aimee decides that in London, she and Evie will swap places.

Arriving in London, Aimee is dismayed when she learns that she will be staying with the head secretary of the business and the other secretaries. They share a room and the facilities are rather dire. For one who has been used to living a life of luxury, this is quite daunting for Aimee. But it’s when she meets Harrison and they immediately clash, that the sparks start to fly and the fun begins.

Humorous, amorous, with some cloak and dagger thrown in and you have a clever romance with a delightful ending. Enjoy!

Copy provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

This is a new to me author but I will definitely be looking for more of her works. I enjoyed the main characters and their fireworks. I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next.


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Really liked this book. Aimee and Harrison's story was thoroughly enjoyable. Aimee is the only daughter of a multi-millionaire and is sent to London for a season in the hope of meeting and marrying a titled Lord. Her cousin, Evie, travelling with her was going to work in Aimee's father's London office to train to be a secretary.

Unfortunately for Aimee, who has always been keen to learn the business and is a wiz with numbers, her fate is a terrible one! Aimee swops places with her cousin with neither Aimee's parents' nor Harrison Stone being the wiser.

The fun starts when Aimee (acting as Evie) finds discrepancies in the accounting books, and the hired German translator who fails to translate the full truth during the initial meeting between Harrison and the German team. Lucky for all, Aimee, whose grandmother was a German woman speaks fluent German and can catch the fraud and save the meeting / merger proceeding.

Evie in the meantime, although not much mentioned, has her own HEA!

Other exciting events, including Aimee’s kidnapping and the romance that inevitably develops between Harrison and Aimee keep you engaged in the story. I received an ARC from the publishers and NetGalley and submit my honest review voluntarily.