France, 1925. Cécile Cabot is bound by blood to the Secret Circus: a world of miracles where performers weave spells of illusions, carousels take you back to the past, and aerial gymnasts can fly. It’s the only world Cécile knows… until she meets a young artist whose passion could destroy everything.
Virginia, 2004. Lara Barnes is sure she’ll soon become a happy wife—but Todd, her beloved, disappears on the day of their wedding. Desperate, the girl searches for answers in the diaries of her great-grandmother.
That’s how Lara learns the story of the Secret Circus—and the family secrets. After all, a curse lies on the women of her line, and Todd’s disappearance may be connected to it…
A novel by Constance Sayers, author of the bestseller “The Four Lives of Helen Lambert”! A book for fans of “The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern, “Caraval” by Stephanie Garber, and “Addie LaRue’s Invisible Life” by V. E. Schwab. A weaving together of past and present, magic, demons, a mysterious circus. A dramatic, beautiful story for a female audience.