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Strassel, Kristen. The Fire Dancer (A Cirque Macabre Novel - Book One)

Illustration by Daoyi Liu  Cover design by Hang Le

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Dedication:

To my heterosexual life partner, Julie Hutchings, who loved Cash and Holly the second I told her about them. This story wouldn’t have been possible without your enthusiasm.

THE FIRE DANCER

Sex, Fire, and Cirque.

At Le Cirque Macabre, Holly Octane bursts into flames five nights a week. The stage is where Holly feels most alive. When she’s there no one can touch her, and everyone adores her. 

Brought to Las Vegas as vampire bait, Holly’s connection to the immortals is a mystery. She’s one of a kind—traveling through time and igniting when her emotions get too hot to handle. The only people who understand her are an aunt with a hidden agenda and her fortune teller girlfriend, Rainey, who doesn’t see a future with Holly in it. 

Cash Logan needs Holly, but she’s not the reason he came to Vegas. The enigmatic magician seeks Blade Bennett, a vampire that has a power that he shouldn’t have—fire. A power that could determine the future of all of vampire kind. Holly’s the only one who can help Blade control his fire, but their feelings for each other are too fiery to ignore.

Immortals rule the Vegas night, and not one of them trusts Cash or Blade. If Holly lets them draw her in to this world designed to destroy her, she’ll lose everything—the only family she’s ever known, and everyone who adores her. 

Las Vegas is her stage, and Holly is determined to set the city on fire.