Katie Beaumont is stuck.
Her glamorous advertising job in London is anything but fulfilling, her boyfriend is cheating with the buck-toothed blonde from the chemist, and she’s lost sight of the dreams she once had. So when a work trip takes her to Budapest, she’s hoping for a change of scenery, not the chaos that follows.
After a narrow escape from her boss’s unwanted advances, Katie finds herself alone in a city she barely knows - until she meets James, a street performer whose life is far more complicated than it seems. He’s not just juggling fire; he’s risking everything to smuggle Hero, a dancing bear, across the border to freedom.
Drawn into an unexpected journey of daring choices and unlikely friendships, Katie must decide: return to the life she knows or take a leap into the unknown. As she navigates a world of underground performers, hidden struggles, and a cause she never imagined herself fighting for, she starts to wonder - was she ever truly happy in the life she left behind?
A heartwarming and offbeat tale of adventure, resilience, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places.
Genre: General Fiction
Her glamorous advertising job in London is anything but fulfilling, her boyfriend is cheating with the buck-toothed blonde from the chemist, and she’s lost sight of the dreams she once had. So when a work trip takes her to Budapest, she’s hoping for a change of scenery, not the chaos that follows.
After a narrow escape from her boss’s unwanted advances, Katie finds herself alone in a city she barely knows - until she meets James, a street performer whose life is far more complicated than it seems. He’s not just juggling fire; he’s risking everything to smuggle Hero, a dancing bear, across the border to freedom.
Drawn into an unexpected journey of daring choices and unlikely friendships, Katie must decide: return to the life she knows or take a leap into the unknown. As she navigates a world of underground performers, hidden struggles, and a cause she never imagined herself fighting for, she starts to wonder - was she ever truly happy in the life she left behind?
A heartwarming and offbeat tale of adventure, resilience, and finding yourself in the most unexpected places.
Genre: General Fiction
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