Althacazur is a demon prince who fell in love with a human woman in the early 1900s. She died while giving birth to her two babies, conjoined twins Esme and Cecile. The babies were raised and loved by the damned souls of Althacazur's cursed secret circus. The damned perform in his circus as part of their punishment for their sins. But one day, paying a visit, Althacazur is repulsed by the babies being conjoined and he uses magic to separate the two girls and to give them the organs they lacked. It was very hard on the two girls who were adolescents at the time. It was especially hard on Cecile and Althacazur wiped her memory of the whole process. As for Esme, on her was placed the burden of maintaining the magic which required the spilling of human blood.
Forward to modern times, and Lara is on the verge of marrying the love of her life, Todd. But the day of their wedding, Todd vanishes, leaving behind everything that is important to him. As Lara tries to cope with his disappearance, she learns that Todd was not the first man to disappear in the same strange way, on the same day thirty years ago. And who also had a connection to the women of Lara's family.
This was an ok story. Lara travels to France to track down the connection between her family and the secret circus of the demon prince Althacazur. Althacazur didn't seem very demonic though. Also, the ending was rather flat and disappointing.
Here is a review by Publishers Weekly.
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