France, 1925. Cécile Cabo is chained by blood to the Secret Circus: a world of wonders where performers weave the magic of illusions, carousels return to the past, and aerialists can fly. This is the only world that Cecile knows... until the girl meets a young artist whose passion could destroy everything. Virginia, 2004. Lara Barnes is sure that she will soon become a happy wife, but Todd, her lover, disappears on her wedding day. A desperate search forces the girl to look for answers in the diaries of her great-grandmother. This is how Lara learns the history of the Secret Circus - and family secrets. After all, there is a curse on the women of her kind, and Todd’s disappearance may be connected with it... A novel from 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 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab. Interweaving of past and present, magic, demons, mystical circus. A dramatic, beautiful story for a female audience.