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"How fitting that a storyteller should find a library, or a rooftop woven with words."
A land plagued by roses. A city of red and gold. The question of how a secret becomes a story or if it was a simple fable all along. For Lena Manfred, moving to a new home began as a simple choice; an appropriate place for a fairy-tale to begin (but one that naturally changed its course, as all stories do).
In the city of Ineffable, none of the books are so black and white, and instead there are libraries filled with contradictions much like the people that inhabit their spaces. Tightly bound together like the printed pages, everyone in the city has sometimes found themselves lost in the clouds. But when the weather turns less magical and those who can't stand to watch it burn have fled, Lena's story writes itself into survival. A story about the dangers of the warped mind, and unsticking the line between logic and imagination.
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.