PI Jake Stanley thinks he's on a routine case when a father asks him to track down an errant daughter. There's nothing routine about Cirque Caprice, though, or its mysterious owner, Victor. Most traveling shows are all smoke and mirrors, but there's something about Caprice that makes Jake think he ought to stick around and investigate. Victor thinks Jake ought to join them on the road, too, but for an entirely different, and more pleasurable, reason. ————— Read the first chapter at: D. Renee Bagby Presents First Chapters