Iris has been afraid to have 'the talk' with her daughter Thalia for a few years, but now that she's sixteen, she knows it's time for the truth. With pretend friends watching her every move, she gains the courage, and the day of privacy, to tell her daughter about her past, and how much she can really do with her mind and her body.
Although Thalia seems comfortable at first, and believes that her mother is telling her a fictional tale, soon it gets to the point that she knows her mother wouldn't keep making things up. And once the story ended, things would get serious, and she would need to face the truth about her family.
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.