Alyssa Helton

The Lion Tamer's Daughter Alyssa Helton

'Fluff piece' newspaper writer, Michael Tallen, is told by his boss, Katz, that his next assignment is to pen the biography of a saucy, elderly woman named Ruth. During their first encounter he is hesitant but the more he hears of her life growing up in the circus during the 1930's and the enthralling people she knew the more interested he becomes. After he agrees to write her book and begins interviewing her on a regular basis, Michael soon realizes there is more to the two of them meeting than mere coincidence. Wiley Ruth has a secret agenda.