Perilous Pleasures: He looked more like an exotic British lord than a roving Gypsy lion tamer...

HE LOOKED MORE LIKE AN EXOTIC BRITISH LORD THAN A ROVING GYPSY LION TAMER... Loving a man who faces death every day of his life can be wearing Joanna Livingston learns, soon after Stefan Janacek joins the show with his big cat act. Before Porter Brother's took Stefan on, Joanna was star of a major vaudeville show that traveled the Mississippi on a luxurious stern wheel steamer. Then a man with the charm of a British lord and the body of a gladiator joined the show and stole the limelight, along with Joanna's heart. But working with big cats is all Stefan knows, which means being under contract with a major show. So ultimately Joanna has to make a painful decision: stay with the show and live in fear, or leave the show, and Stefan, and at last have peace of mind.