An ounce of courage.
A leap of faith.
Together, they propel two young women to chase a new life—one that’s reimagined from what they might have become.
In turn-of-the-century America, a young girl dreams of a world that stretches beyond the confi nes of a quiet life on the family farm. With little more than her wit and a cigar box of treasures, Mable steps away from all she knows, seeking the limitless marvels of the Chicago World’s Fair. There, a chance encounter triggers her destiny—a life with a famed showman by the name of John Ringling.
A quarter of a century later, Lady Rosamund Easling boards a ship to America as a last adventure before her arranged marriage. There, the twenties are roaring, and the rich and famous gather at opulent, Gatsby-esque parties. The Jazz Age has arrived, and with it, the golden era of the American circus, whose queen is none other than the enigmatic Mable Ringling.
When Rosamund’s path crosses with Mable’s and the Ringlings’ glittering world, she makes the life-altering decision to leave behind a comfortable future of estates and propriety, choosing instead the nomadic life of a trick rider in the Ringling Brothers’ circus.
A novel that is at once captivating, deeply poignant, and swirling with exquisite historical details of a bygone world, The Ringmaster’s Wife will escort readers into the center ring, with its bright lights, exotic animals, and a dazzling performance that can only be described as the Greatest Show on Earth!
“Vibrant with the glamour and awe that flourished under the Big Top in the 1920s, The Ringmaster’s Wife invites the reader [into] the Greatest Show on Earth.” —Joanne Bischof, award-winning author of The Lady and the Lionheart
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Summary
We only see what we want to see - in people, in love, in life."
A chance dousing in an English river brings Lady Rosamund Easling face to face with her future. Bravely stepping onto a train bound for America, she leaves a life of stilted convenience behind at her parents' estate and accepts Colin Keary's invitation for adventure, with none other than the Ringling Brothers' world of entertainment, accompanying her beloved horse Ingenue to the three rings as a talented performer.
Years earlier, a young Ohio woman named Armilda Burton had tossed expectations aside and dared to live her dream, never imagining how far that dream would take her after she meets and marries the infamous John Ringling. An exceptionally kind and intuitive woman, "Mable" Ringling endears herself to Colin and his beautiful English star-in-the-making, reminding them, even on her death bed, that broken things can be restored and second chances are always possible.
"Mable said that we only see what we want to see, and I want to spend the rest of my life . . . . . . " Enjoy every minute spent turning the pages of this captivating story, as Cambron proves once and for all that her writing skills are beyond exceptional.