"'Honestly?' Tori asked me.
'I'm telling the truth.' I said.
'Are you sure?' she asked again.
'Well.... half the truth.'"
14 year old teen writer Leanna Forrest and her sister, Tori Forrest, have always lived together. They've never left the small coastal town that they call home. They live with their parents Chelsea and James Forrest in a beautiful two story house. One day, when Leanna goes on an early morning walk for some inspiration for her newest novel, she slips off of the rock she was standing on and into the ocean. She thought she was going to drown, until Griffin Wood, a 15 year old boy staying with his grandparents for the summer, saves her. Leanna thinks there's something different about Griffin, but in a good way. Leanna always though she didn't belong in her village, and that she belongs somewhere else. Once she gets to know Griffin, she figures out where it is that she belongs. Leanna has a few close friends, while Tori is friends with half of the town. When Leanna meets Griffin, everything changes.
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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.