Many centuries ago, there was an Evil Emperor and five mages: Light, Darkness, Ice, Fire and Mind. The Five overthrew the Emperor and spread the knowledge of magic over the world. Light cursed whoever had the blood of the Emperor to be unable to use magic. Mind then betrayed the other four by attempting to kill Light. He was exiled for this betrayal.
Generations later, Eislyn Emeralda is hiding amongst the many children of the Emperor's Aid, who were unfortunately born as the Emperor's descendants who can't use magic. She is the descendant of someone worse, Mind.
When her name is volunteered in the Mage Games without her consent, she has to complete and win the games while having to go along with her advisor, Lumina Gleam, who was a direct descendant of her own ancestor's enemy.
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.