For anyone who loves the historical novels of Sara Gruen, Geraldine Brooks, and E.L. Doctorow, a barnstorming tale of an irrepressible, brawling, bawdy era and the remarkable woman who had the courage to match the unique spirit of America's Gilded Age. She was only two feet, eight inches tall, but more than a century later, her legend reaches out to us. As a child, Mercy Lavinia "Vinnie" Warren Bump was encouraged to live a life hidden away from the...

Leila, who is doomed to a life of solitude by her paranormal talents, is rescued from vampires who kidnapped her in order to exploit her gifts by rival vampire Vlad, who takes her to his castle, where passion grows between them.

A splashy, colorful look at life under the big top that weaves the personal stories of the performers in with the spectacle and color of the circus. Includes an incredible train wreck. "To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian, though this moves his girlfriend Holly from her hard-won center trapeze spot. Holly and Sebastian begin a dangerous one-upmanship duel in the ring, while he pursues her on...

Relates the stories of circus owner Keane Prescott, who finds it impossible to resist lion trainer Jovilette Wilder, and ballerina Ruth Bannion, who falls for her demanding mentor, Nickolai Davidov.

The life and career of circus star Lillian Leitzel. Queen of the Air brings the circus world to life through the story of trapeze artist and circus performer Leitzel, the most famous woman in the world at the turn of the 20th century. Like some of today's stars, she was known to her vast public by just one name. Born into Dickensian circumstances, Leitzel became a princess and then a queen. At just four-foot-ten and less than 100 pounds, she was...

Meridon, a vagabond gypsy, allows her vague memories of a very different life, as well as the necklace that is her birthright, to lead her home to Wideacre where she takes her place as its mistress.