The Ladies of the Secret Circus

In 1895, she was called Juliette. At sixteen, she became the muse and lover of a married painter—and that brought her only pain. In 1932, she was called Nora. She fled to Hollywood from a lover who punished her with beatings, toward the shine and glory of a movie star. In 1970, she was called Sandra. She played in a musical group, fell in love with someone else’s husband—and discovered she can heal by touch. Now she is called Helen Lambert. She is 33, she runs a major magazine, and she has just divorced. On a blind date she meets a man who claims he loved her in past lives—and that she is doomed to die as soon as she turns 34. And to break the cursed cycle of death, rebirth, and love intrigues that make her and others miserable, Helen will have to sacrifice what is most dear…