Welcome to a realm where winter's breath never ceases, where ancient magicks dance with deadly secrets, and where love's eternal flame might yet kindle hearts as cold as frost. Step into the tale of The Thorn-Pierced Princess, where destiny weaves a tapestry of vengeance, romance, and dark enchantments.
In these frost-kissed halls dwells Prince Alejandro, heir to a kingdom trapped beneath winter's eternal grasp. Though his noble blood runs true, he seeks solace in earthly pleasures and golden mead, fleeing from the crown's heavy burden. Yet fate has woven for him a path he cannot escape-one that begins the moment a mysterious maiden with hair like ravens' wings and eyes that hold winter's secrets appears at his castle gates.
Princess Kassandra is no mere damsel seeking sanctuary. Within her breast beats a heart forged in betrayal's fires, tempered by years of exile, and strengthened by ancient magicks passed down through generations of her murdered bloodline. She comes bearing thorns beneath her silk, poison beneath her honey-yet even the most carefully laid plans of revenge may wither when true love's first tender shoot breaks through frozen ground.
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.