Aurian Koch hasn't been doing too well lately. He traded in his last two goats for a marriage license, and his last chicken for three bottles of brandy--one of which his wife has already consumed.
The person who feels worst about his financial state, however, is Aurian's new wife--the rangy and unapologetically mean Evinanjin. She had no idea things were as bad as all that. When the Elected Lord of the Borderlands suddenly dies, and his supposed murderer falls into her hands, Jin sees a chance to make things right with her husband--a chance that involves thievery, bloodshed, and possibly exhuming a corpse.
That's Jin's sort of chance.
An Aurian and Jin origin story. Photo credit to Ondrej Supitar, stock taken from stocksnap.io.
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.