I discovered Let the Mask Fall at some point in the last couple of months when I was digging through lists and lists of sapphic dark romances. The name popped up once and then it never seemed to go away. I saw it everywhere. When I saw someone with a proof copy of it up for trade…I couldn’t miss my chance.
If you're in the mood for: romance between a stalker and the woman she's inexplicably drawn to, kinky sex, and revenge; check out this book. Make sure to check the trigger and kink warnings first though. Happy reading!
Author: G.E. Masters
Publisher: Independently Published
Publication Date: July 21, 2025
Genres:Adult, Romance, Dark Romance,Contemporary
Pages: 317
I’m being watched.
It isn’t a figment of my imagination. Someone is watching me, following me, standing over me as I sleep.
I don’t know who she is, or what she wants.
But I’m determined to find out.
Blair:
She sleeps soundly, her chest rising and falling with each breath.
She’s been living a lie. The mask she wears to hide her true nature is stuck to her face.
I’m the only who can set her free.
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Danielle is running from her old life. She has a new house, a new job, and a new secret admirer. An admirer who likes to break into her home and watch her sleep.
Blair doesn’t feel much—emotions are beneath her. But something about Danielle has thrown her through a loop. She’s begun doing the only thing she can think to do: stalk this mystery of a woman. Danielle has more to her than meets the eye, and Blair will be the one to figure her out.
Meanwhile, the town is on high alert with the news of a potential serial killer. Danger lurks behind these women at every turn. Will they outrun it, or succumb to the thrill?
Finish Date: January 28, 2026
Format: Physical
Source: Book trade
Representation: Sapphic
Purchase: Author Store
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We can burn together.
Let the Mask Fall is a sapphic dark romance between Danielle and Blair. Content warnings include stalking, torture, and domestic violence (all listed below); but the author also provides a list of kink warnings as well. Daddy kink, mask kink, power play, choking/gagging, pet play, edging, knife play, bondage, praise and degradation. Those are only a few of the kinks involved in the book, please check the warnings before reading.
This book was a doozy! And I mean that in the best way possible. It took me a bit to read not because of the plot or writing, but because my brain just didn’t want to. Eventually, when my brain was more focused, I flew through the pages. Every time that I had an extra minute, I picked it up and tried to see how far I could get into it.
Hats off to the author for managing to strike a balance between the darker scenes, romance scenes, and sex scenes. It couldn’t have been easy to blend and balance those scenes, especially when some of them go against each other. But I think G.E. did an amazing job at it. The book never felt like straight up erotica (no shade to erotica, but it’s not what I look for in a romance book), but the sex also added something to the romance. It helped the plot move and allowed the characters to begin lowering their walls.
And what can I say about the characters?
Blair is…Blair is hot, I’m just gonna come outright and say it. I want to stress that this is not me condoning the fictional actions that take place in this book, but damn I just found Blair to be really hot. I like someone who speaks frankly and without feeling as though they need to mince their words. And despite what the trigger warnings may present, she does genuinely care about Danielle. It’s not always in the right way, but care is present.
Danielle on the other hand is a sweetheart. We learn a lot about what has happened to her in the past that made her who she is today. It’s revealed in a way that doesn’t minimize the impact and in fact highlights the trauma that she has suffered because of it. It’s not trauma porn, just being blunt about what living in that world can do to a person’s mental health. But beyond all that, and beyond her being like Blair, she is a sweet character. Not to everyone, but to Blair.
It’s interesting to see a romance where the two characters will happily lose everyone else in the world if it means that they’d still have each other. Is it healthy? Who knows. But it makes for really interesting reading. Especially as Blair peels those layers away from Danielle. As she forces her to confront the truth that she had been burying for so long.
The plot was a little predictable at times, but it was written in a way where I still wanted to see how everything was going to play out. Even if I had an idea in my head of what was going to happen, I wanted to read it to find out if that was true.
Between this book and a couple of others that I’ve read recently, I think I can say that I’m a fan of dark romance. Sapphic dark romance, specifically. It’s an escapist sort of thing. I don’t want someone to stalk me in real life, but in a book, I don’t mind that being part of it. I don’t mind a character being single-mindedly obsessed with someone else. I find it fun.
About the Author:
G.E. Masters is a writer of dark sapphic romance. Ever since she was a child, she was fascinated with imaginary worlds and creating complex characters in her head. Now, she’s writing those stories to share. She writes all things paranormal to horror and loves morally grey characters and women’s wrongs.
When she’s not writing, she’s at the pottery studio or at home with her two cats and dachshund. She can be found on Instagram and TikTok.
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