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'Her insides felt like jelly. Her mother was leaving her, and she was probably going to die eventually along with her siblings. "Mama!" Sapphira screamed. "Please come back for me!" She felt a tear roll down her whisker. Her siblings were calling out tearful farewells, and Ashia didn't once look back. Soon she was lost in the river of cats.'
Sapphira, a young feline, is cast out into a dangerous test of skill and survival called a Mentory. All cats must experience this as kittens, and few are able to survive it. The purpose is to have only the strongest survive in their cruel world, and the weakest must die, according to their ruler, or Alpha. There is one class in a single subject each for every life of a cat. Sapphira will face danger, death, love, and misery in this exciting fantasy novel.
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.