As a 16-year-old in high school, Ruby's life is filled with grades, boyfriends, and annoying teachers. As a pyrokinetic, her ability to manipulate and create fire sometimes gets in the way of normalcy. When she saves her school from burning down and survives without a trace of injury, the wrong kinds of people start questioning her true nature.
Then, her best friend Eliza is kidnapped in her stead, throwing Ruby into a crazy world of sewers systems, scientific secrets, and intruding otherworldly dimensions that she somehow has to stop-dragging Eliza and Josh along for the wild ride.
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.