Winter Circus — Peggy Dern

Nineteen-year-old Sherry Marsden, orphaned and completely alone at the death of her father, had but one valuable possession in the world, Junior, a beautiful lion cub she had raised and loved. When Junior was sold to a Florida circus, it was inevitable that Sherry would join up.

Fascinated with the strange world of circus people and circus life, Sherry fell head over heels in love with handsome Alan Thorne, noted “cat” trainer and circus owner, only to find another young man had both the wealth and power to change her life high-handedly and dramatically.