If there's one thing Dapper Volhard has learned in her eighteen years of life, it's that anyone who gets close to her gets hurt. Or dead. In truth, the depth of pain she unwittingly causes is no mystery. She feels it all-while living in constant fear that her otherness will be exposed.
When Dapper discovers a mythical golden dragon egg, however, her prospects of anonymity are laid to waste. Forced to flee the High King and his dreaded beast, Dapper finds herself entangled in a prophecy she knows she could not be less suited to fulfill.
Yet, despite her misgivings, Dapper would give her life to protect the creature inside the glowing object that sets her frozen heart ablaze. With a prince of the Dark Court and a handsome, hauntingly familiar stranger as her unlikely allies, Dapper is compelled to accept the help offered and to rely on those she fears she may only break in the end.
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.