Since long ago, stories about mermaids have been passed down, generation through generation. The stories almost always changed, but one thing was in common, Mermaids were creatures to be feared.
Fenella Blair was the wife of the Scottish sailor Ainsley Blair, who often left her at home. Ever since she was a young girl, she had wanted to explore, and figured marrying a sailor would get her out of Scotland and into the sea. However, every time she asked, pleaded, even begged her to allow her to come, his answer was always the same. No.
Eventually, Fenella decides to take matters into her own hands and stows away with Ainsley to sea, only to be thrown overboard with her legs tied together. The last thing she hears Ainsley say before she meets the cold water below reminds her of what her father used to tell her, with an evil twist to it, and suddenly she regrets ever marrying him.
" Take the wife from home, sailors bewarn. Keep the sea from the wife, mermaids strife. Had you not come, the mermaids would be satisfied. But no. Fenella must disrespect her husband. You shall disrespect me no more"
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.