1. Always use fire on stage.
2. Always answer to your uncle.
3. Do not risk the King's wrath.

By signing this contract, you agree to live under your uncle's command, at the mercy of Rex, and the stage.

Since joining The Fools' Circus at nine years old, Inez has followed these rules as loosely as possible. Any rebellion, no matter how small, gave her a sense of control in a life she no longer wanted. And Blake became her favorite secret.

But nothing stays hidden in the mansion for long. When a mysterious letter falls into her hands, secrets start to become an endangered species, and now lives are at stake as a swarm of new truths reveal the depths of Rex's tyranny.

Even so, the circus is the only home these people have ever known, and convincing everyone of his misrule is much easier said than done. Can Inez get Rex out of the mansion and save her friends without putting a target on her own back?