The short stories in this bundle follow Astrid, a seven-year-old girl with autism. Together with her family, she lives in Sint-Joris, a settlement also featured in The Dagdason Saga and The Amaryllis Saga. This bundle follows roughly 95% of the canon and universe set up in these stories to enhance the feeling that I (the author) wish to invoke in the reader, so consider Slices of Astrid's Life to be in its own parallel timeline.
A few author's notes:
These stories do not follow a chronological order (with a few exceptions here and there), so it is quite normal to have a story about Astrid as an adult sandwiched in between two stories where Astrid is a child. Most stories are about child Astrid. If they are about adult Astrid, however, a little note will be added at the beginning of the story stating so. If the story has no note at the beginning, it is one about child Astrid.
There is also a bio included at the very beginning of the bundle, to give more context to those who want/need it.
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.