All your classic story characters in one place. Their happy endings have been taken away from them, and they find themselves in a new world where there are no happy endings. Our world.
They're out of the enchanted forest, where they used to live, and they all lose their memories of their old life. Snow White and Prince Charming don't even know each other, Eric and Ariel don't remember even meeting, Sleeping Beauty and Prince Phillip act like each other are invisible, and Belle finds herself alone with no love at all. Only two people have their memories, and that is the person who created the spell, Rumpelstiltskin, and The Evil Queen. However none of them know who they are, except The Evil Queen and Rumpelstiltsin. They have different names, and don't remember a thing.
That is, until Zara Astra Swan finds herself in Fairydale, the town where all of these characters live. At the age of twenty-eight, the son she gave away finds her, she enters Fairydale, to try and save Fairydale.
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.