constance sayers the ladies of the secret circus

In the months that follow, Todd’s fate remains a mystery and Lara starts to rebuild her life, but a gift from her mother sends her on a strange journey. Could this be related to Lara and her mother Audrey’s talent for magic? Or the fact that their small town in Virginia hasn’t had a single murder case in decades? Or Lara’s strange memories of being visited as a child by an unusual man who made incredible things happen? Did he jilt her? Did something happen to him? His abandoned car seems to provide a link to a similar disappearance that occurred 30 years earlier. But her joy turns to heartache when she’s left waiting at the altar on her wedding day. Lara is eagerly awaiting her wedding to Todd, the man she’s loved since her teens. The Ladies of the Secret Circus is a tale of family secrets and a dark heritage - but it doesn’t quite live up to the mysterious air promised by the cover and synopsis. Desperate, her search for answers unexpectedly leads to her great-grandmother’s journals and sweeps her into the story of a dark circus and a generational curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. Virginia, 2005: Lara Barnes is on top of the world-until her fiancé disappears on their wedding day. Bound to her family’s strange and magical circus, it’s the only world Cecile Cabot knows-until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate love affair that could cost her everything. Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder-a world where women tame magnificent beasts, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky.

Constance sayers the ladies of the secret circus