The Royal Masquerade

The Royal Masquerade is an upcoming book to Choices. It is the first and thus far the only book of The Royal Masquerade series. Chronologically, it is a sequel series to The Crown &amp; The Flame and a prequel series to The Royal Romance and The Royal Heir respectively.

Summary
''It's the night of the Royal Masquerade, but will a lowly scribe like you get to attend? Choose your House, change your fate, and pursue love in this romantic epic!''

Chapter 1:
"It's the night of the Royal Masquerade, but will a lowly scribe like you be able to attend?"

Chapter 2:
"Your House is in trouble and all eyes are on you..."

Spoilers

 * On July 5, 2019, PB teased in one of their blogposts that one of the upcoming books they have in store for Choices players is a historical fiction book where the players will fight for power in a Renaissance-era court.
 * On August 16, 2019, PB mentioned in their blogpost, "Three Years of Choices", that this book is currently being worked on along with other projects in the upcoming months.
 * On September 6, 2019, via Choices Insiders, the official title for the book was released.
 * The official description was also revealed in the following "Choose your House, alter your fate, and pursue love or alliances in The Royal Masquerade, a romantic epic set in the Cordonian Renaissance!"
 * On September 9, 2019, via a Choices Blog, it was revealed that this is in fact in the same universe as The Crown & The Flame and The Royal Romance series.
 * They also confirmed that we would get to know the existing characters' ancestors and descendants, and shape the story!
 * On September 10, 2019, PB confirmed this book is gender-locked.
 * On September 23, 2019, similar to the way in which Deanest found the Nightbound book covers and Silvrowl12 found the Wishful Thinking cover, BigLenny discovered that the same happened for this book as the potential poster was already available to view. Similarly, in order to see it, go to the Choices official Instagram. Hit the three dots in the top right corner, then hit "About This Account", then select "Active Ads" on the menu that pops up. If you scroll, you'll see the ad itself.
 * On September 30, 2019, the first teaser was released and confirmed that it will be released in October. It was also stated that the story will take place in the 1600s.
 * A second teaser trailer was released on October 3, 2019.
 * On October 7, 2019, PB released a video and revealed the release date being October 18th.
 * On October 8, 2019, PB released the first sneak peek presenting House Aster.
 * On October 9, 2019, PB released the second sneak peek presenting House Everhart.
 * On October 10, 2019, PB released the third sneak peek presenting House Rosario.
 * On October 11, 2019, released a picture of the three houses next to each other.
 * They also asked players in a poll which of the three houses they would choose. House Aster won with 41%, followed by House Rosario with 38% and House Everhart with 22% (with a total of 101%, likely a rounding error).
 * The summary for Chapter One was later released.
 * On October 14, 2019, PB released a sneak peek featuring Theodosia from House Nevrakis and Percival from House Beaumont.
 * On October 15, 2019, PB released a sneak peek with a customizable character who can either be Lord or Lady Hunter Fierro.
 * On October 16, 2019, PB released a sneak peek with another customizable character named Kayden Vescovi.
 * They also asked players in a poll which gender they would choose for Kayden.
 * On October 17, 2019, users discovered that the Chapter 2 description which contained huge spoilers was changed.
 * It was changed from "The queen is dead, and you're the top suspect! Will your new friends at court come to your aid?" to "Your House is in trouble and all eyes are on you..."
 * On October 17, 2019, PB released a sneak peek featuring the dog in a hat they had teased earlier.

Trivia

 * The character Theodosia is first referenced in The Royal Heir, Chapter 13, if Olivia prays to her Nevrakis ancestors. Zenobia and Diavolos are also mentioned.
 * This is the second series where you can pick your character's sexuality. The first being The Elementalists.

Click here for the walkthrough of this book: The Royal Masquerade Choices.