Author: ameliebliss

Boston, 1888 – the circus arrives under cover of night, promising the prodigal daughters of sultans and pharaohs, the delights of the far east and the refinement of the courts of Europe. For a street-wise orphan girl who makes her living swiping from the pockets of others, it’s the perfect place to spend an evening. As 18-year-old Zadie wanders the glittering tents on the circus green, conning … conning wealthy gentlemen out of their wallets, she begins to fall under the spell of the exotic performers and decadent temptations of the Cirque de Femme.With her guard down and her senses…