It all started that day in the classroom when she saw a familiar face and decided, for once, to be social. Or maybe it was the moment she heard the question "didn't you ever wonder if magic was real?" and listened instead of running as fast as she could. Maybe she just shouldn't have taken a strange drink from a strange guy in a bar, even if it was just in a dream - or maybe she simply should never have fallen asleep on the couch.
Or, she thought wryly, digging her fingers in painfully to the undeniably real concrete steps under her, maybe it all started the day she decided to provoke fate, karma, whatever you want to call it, into showing her just how wrong she was about everything in life.
Whatever started it, though, Laura is stuck now. Stuck in the madcap whirl of struggling with her own emotions, identity, and worse than anything - dreams. Dreams which suck her into a different world, where a playful but menacing presence seems determined to turn everything she relies on as stable into utter madness. Laura has to come to terms with herself, but before she can even face something that mundane, she's going to have to dance her way through dangerous mischief on a scale that literally shifts galaxies.
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.