title: The Rope Dancer
author: Gellis, Roberta
description: HER HEART DANCED ON THE WIND...AND FLEW ON THE WINGS OF A LOVESONG
  
  Theirs was an enchanted age of pride and passion, of color and pageantry--where danger followed in the path of betrayal...where desire flowed untamed...and love knew no adversary...
  
  CARYS--Like moths to a flame, crowds gathered to watch her perform, this lithe amber-eyed rope dancer to whom love was a stranger, and a man's gentle touch unknown...
  
  TELOR--Few could rival the glorious voice of the wandering minstrel whose love for the spirited Carys made his songs more eminently sweet...and more hotly passionate...
  
  Together, they discovered the tender joys of innocence and the sweet agonies of new-found love--in a magical era that would cast their destinies to the winds of desire...