Spring semester should mean a fresh start, but spring grows out of winter, and some things are still frozen in place.
Edie is finally starting to learn magic, taking the Introduction to Magic class with human Professor Virginia Agnew. But that doesn't mean everything has changed for her. Edie left something behind in fall semester-her girlfriend, Leila, a faerie who vanished toward the end of the year, abandoning Edie to her memories. One of those memories has sparked a quest: Edie now knows that she is part faerie, and while her family believes that her great-grandmother is dead, she's not so certain.
That isn't her only quest, or even her main one. She's been told Leila is in Faerie, and she's determined to find her there. But is that good, wise, or even possible?
Someone else has a quest, too, or so it seems. Who is tearing up campus looking for fragments of a document, and why?
Meanwhile, Corrie and Dawn are eagerly expanding their magical knowledge with more advanced classes. Derwen has a new persona and a new project. Professor Strega... well, what is going on with Professor Strega, anyway?
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.