UPCOMING<3 VanirianNights#2
Freedom had a cost. Was this silence, this impenetrable, wretched silence her price to pay?
Bound to a golden throne, bound to her sunstones.
The bound queen of nothing.
Alimaye sits on her fractured throne, endlessly staring at one of three devices before her. She'd once dreamed of a day she'd no longer be called on, and imagined it to be peaceful. There had been no peace in this. No face appears before her in the small mirror that rests on her left thigh, no glowing indicator from the sacred orb in her palm, no ringing from the human artifact-- it's just her and the sound of her breathing amidst an overwhelming, suffocating stillness.
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.