You’ve all heard the story of Rapunzel, right? Fall in love, defeat the bad guy, and live happily ever after. The end.
But what if that’s not where it ends. What happens when the hero's kid turns into a criminal?
Well, that’s the story of Jo’s life. And no, Jo is not a dude. Josephina is a bit too girly for her. Considering that she is a ruthless assassin and all. She’s been locked up in a tower for a majority of her life. Her own mother's tower. And she intends to get out. Although when she finally did, Jo never thought that would have been her big escape.
After looking in the mirror in disgust at the resemblance to holds to her mother, she quickly finds a dagger and cuts off her long golden locks of hair. Within seconds she witnesses her golden locks turn to raven black. When a warlock walked into her tower, she attacks and kills him, which results in her eyes turning a glowing, vibrant shade of gold.
The dagger that she cut her hair off with and threw at the warlock didn’t end up in his heart, but in the curtain, causing her powers to open up a portal. After she fell into the portal, she fell into a camp of trained assassins who took Jo under their wing. She gets paid to assassinate any person that her clients wished. When she gets paid an extreme amount of money to assassinate the King married to Cinderella, she accepts the job. Jo has to go undercover in the castle and learn the hardships of love, life, secrets, and magic .
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.