Unmasked

The Sapphire & Emerald Series, Book One

By: F. M. Calcari

Narrated by: Stella McLoughlin

By day, Victoria Rossi is the heir to one of Chicago’s most powerful law firms. Groomed by her formidable father to carry the family legacy, her life is dictated by expectation, discipline, and carefully guarded secrets.

By night, she becomes Sapphire, a dancer, a mystery, and an untouchable muse at the city’s most exclusive masquerade club, L’Étoile Noire. There, behind a sapphire mask and under flickering candlelight, she tastes freedom for the first time.

But everything changes when a man in an emerald mask begins to appear, watching her with eyes that see more than they should. Their chemistry is undeniable. Their connection is dangerous.

As courtrooms and clandestine nights begin to collide, Victoria is pulled deeper into a web of secrets, rivalries, and betrayals. The closer she gets to the truth about her world, her family, and herself, the more the mask begins to crack.

And when the stakes rise, Victoria will have to decide how far she’s willing to go to protect the truth… and who she’s willing to become when the masks come off.

A story of forbidden desire, power, and identity, Unmasked is the sultry, slow-burning beginning to a series where love hides in plain sight.

©2025 F. M. Calcari (P)2026 F. M. Calcari