When you eat the lotus, you forget yourself. What should become rational dreams of what it could never grasp with its feeble hands. The world is idyllic when, in truth, it is nothing but corrupt.
Beau knows the story of The Tears of God well. Solis, a human paladin, sought to destroy the beasts in the name of God. However, as the story progressed, the reader learned that the beasts were not non-sapient beings, but instead they were beings with their own cultures and sapience. This realization did not some Solis from committing genocide against the beasts and ridding them from the world. It never sat right with Beau, yet when he's transported to another world, it's as if he has eaten a lotus as he follows carelessly after Solis.
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.