circus performers

Fourteen-year-old acrobat, Dessa Redd and the circus strongman, Fisk, are recruited by Topper, the circus juggler, for the job of robbing the royal treasury of Kingsbridge, which sets off a series of adventures around the world in order to find Dessa's twin brother, who was kidnapped when they were young.

Examines the Binewskis, a family in the circus that set out to breed their own exhibit of human oddities and follows them on their tour around the country.

"When the Sea Wolf's crew pulls a badly injured Captain Drake out of the water, the tables are turned. Will Dessa have her nemesis thrown overboard? Or can she trust him enough to join forces against the treacherous Greyfalcon? Is it true Drake has seen Jared? Or is her brother dead, like Greyfalcon told her? Fraught with danger and brimming with intrigue and surprise, Dessa's quest has brought her face-to-face with all manner of evil--mercenary pirates, a murderous queen and a pair of black-hearted brothers thirsty for vengeance. Will she ever be reunited with her long-lost twin?"--Back cover.

Alvina Houghton is coming of age just as her widowed father's business is failing. Desperate to regain his fortune and secure his daughter's future, Alvina's father buys a theater. But when Alvina finds herself drawn to Ciccio, a traveling performer her father hired, she flees with him to Naples, leaving her safe world behind.

Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his past in the circus and the freaks, exotic animals, and other people he encountered as a performer.

Mara Beznik, who travels with Gideon Davorin's Traveling Carnival, longs for an ordinary life where no one has the ability to levitate or predict the future. When the show stops in Caudry and she meets gorgeous local Gabe, she finally gets her chance. But before long, Mara realizes there's a dark presence lurking in the town, and that she has only a week to harness a power she didn't know she had in order to save everyone she cares about.--.

A circus known as Le Cirque des R?ves features two illusionists, Celia and Marco, who are unknowingly competing in a game to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters, and as the two fall deeply and passionately in love with each other, their masters intervene with dangerous consequences.

"As the three thieves trek further west in search of Greyfalcon, they stumble on a kidnapping in progress. Dessa daringly rescues the victim--who turns out to be the crown prince of Medoria! The thieves are still on the run from the Queen's Dragons, so being openly celebrated by a neighboring kingdom seems like a bad idea. But it also holds a rare opportunity. The prince--who grows more and more devoted to Dessa--promises his help on her quest. However, he and his father, the King, may not see eye-to-eye."--Publisher description.

"When the Sea Wolf's crew pulls a badly injured Captain Drake out of the water, the tables are turned. Will Dessa have her enemy thrown overboard? Or can she trust him enough to join forces against the treacherous Greyfalcon? Is it true Drake has seen Jared? Or is her brother dead, like Greyfalcon told her? Will she ever be reunited with her long-lost twin?"--Back cover.

Fourteen-year-old acrobat Dessa and circus strongman Fisk are recruited by Topper, the circus juggler, for the job of robbing the royal treasury, which sets off a series of adventures around the world in order to find Dessa's twin brother.