Maia had always been different. As a child, she didn't like what usual young girls liked. As a teen, she never fit in. She was quiet and shy, always dressed in dark blues, greens, and browns. And she seemed to have no temper at all...
Or so that's what everyone thought. They weren't there when she was home alone, fighting against herself, her instinct, her dark side. One night, everything changed. Her world flipped inside out.
Her mother
Dead
Her father
Gone
Never again to see her home
Her school
The community she'd grown up in
The one that seemed to suck up her very existence, outcasting her, just as she wanted it to do. Just the reason her mother had chosen to live there.
But all of it was gone, just because one mistake on her part. A small mistake that snowballed into something way bigger then anything that could be fixed with a "sorry". Much bigger then that...
Maia kept her monster deep inside after that. She slowly pushed it further and further down, until it seemed like it never surfaced anymore. But when her temper flared, she could feel it churning from deep within, waiting. She promised herself she would never let it out and that she would never get close to anyone ever again.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
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.