The worst thing seventeen year old Phillip Gallanta had to worry about was learning to tame the uncontrollable power that lurked inside of him. But when his older brother Kevan, the King of Ateth, dies in a war against the nation of Chora, his mother starts planning his coronation and he realizes that his powers are the last thing he has to worry about. Despite being completely unprepared for the role, he vows, for his brother, that he'd be a good king and make him proud.
But that promise is a hard one to keep when he finds it hard to control himself, let alone an entire country and lead it through the worst war in Ateth's history. And his growing feelings for his advisor's daughter didn't help him in the slightest, considering he was to wed another girl.
So, yeah, maybe his worries hadn't been that bad before after all.
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.