TY - BOOK AU - Sayers,Constance TI - The ladies of the secret circus SN - 9780349425979 U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Piatkus KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Fiction KW - Families KW - History KW - Missing persons KW - Blessing and cursing KW - Family secrets KW - Circus KW - Virginia KW - 21st century KW - Paris (France) KW - 20th century KW - Fantasy fiction N1 - "Enter a world of wonder..."--Cover N2 - Paris, 1925: To enter the Secret Circus is to enter a world of wonder, a world where women weave illusions, carousels take you back in time, and trapeze artists float across the sky. Bound to her family's circus, it's the only world Cecile Cabot knows until she meets a charismatic young painter and embarks on a passionate affair that could cost her everything. Virginia, 2004: Lara Barnes is on top of the world, but when her fiance disappears on their wedding day every plan she has for the future comes crashing down. Desperate, Lara's search for answers unexpectedly lead to her great-grandmother's journals. Swept into a story of a dark circus and ill-fated love, secrets about Lara's family history come to light and reveal a curse that has been claiming payment from the women in her family for generations. A curse that might be tied to her fiance's mysterious fate ER -