When Alannah O'Halloran gets the call that her father has died, it doesn't quite feel real. Until the day when she has to clean the house he left behind, she avoids the topic, pretending as if he's still around. However, while cleaning, she finds a coat hidden in the back of his closet. It's obvious that the coat is not his, so she is lead to believe that it belonged to her long-dead mother.
Unable to remember her mother, Alannah puts her coat on in hopes of remembering her, and gets a little more than she bargained for.
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.