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English
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"In this lyrical romantic fantasy, a disabled dancer framed for murder is thrust into a lethal feud between royals where she must use her wits and artistry to earn her freedom, even as her ploys land her in the centre of a dangerous political web that risks both her life and her heart. After spending two years in prison for a murder she didn't commit, Vasalie Mora - the former King's Jewel, renowned for her dancing - is offered a chance at freedom...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"When her return home to Graybridge coincides with the murder of her friend Kara, former professional ballerina Esmé Foster, haunted by a past tragedy, must shine a light into the darkness to learn what really happened in the woods the night Kara died to bring this nightmare to an end"-- Provided by publisher.
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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"After the death of their father, it's up to Grace O'Connell and her twin brother Patrick to support their family as the Great Depression takes its toll on New York City. When Grace is laid off from her dancing gig and Patrick is injured at work on the construction of the Empire State Building, desperation leaves them only one solution: Grace must disguise herself as Patrick and take his place on the half-built skyscraper. She soon proves herself...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Publication Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
377 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In an award-winning debut novel, a sharecropper's daughter navigates celebrity encounters, bootlegging and gangster activities in Jazz Age Chicago before sharing her story with a grieving film student nearly a century later.
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Publication Date
2012
Language
English
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When an injury forces her to return home to Fool's Gold, and into the fold of her estranged family, dancer Evie Stryker, who doesn't believe in Christmas miracles, agrees to stage the winter festival and then plans to leave town, but her brother's best friend has other plans for her.
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
384 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Adele Astaire was a glittering, glamorous star, dancing with her brother, Fred, endearing herself to audiences from New York to London. But although she is toasted by royalty and beloved by countless fans, Adele Astaire has dreams of a loving husband and a houseful of children. And when she meets Lord Charles Cavendish, her wishes may just come true, but at what cost? Ever since Violet Wood could walk she's wanted to dance on the London stage. Befriended...
8) Frog music
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Publication Date
2014
Language
English
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"Emma Donoghue's explosive new novel, based on an unsolved murder in 1876 San Francisco. Summer of 1876: San Francisco is in the fierce grip of a record-breaking heatwave and a smallpox epidemic. Through the window of a railroad saloon, a young woman called Jenny Bonnet is shot dead. The survivor, her friend Blanche Beunon, is a French burlesque dancer. Over the next three days, she will risk everything to bring Jenny's murderer to justice--if he...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Pub. Corp
Publication Date
2008
Physical Desc
266 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Liss MacCrimmon misses the life of a professional dancer with Strathspey, the Scottish dance company she belonged to before her knee injury forced her into early retirement. When the company goes on tour, Liss is instrumental in bringing the show to her hometown of Moosetookalook, Maine. But when the company manager collapses and dies after biting into one of Liss's prized cocktail scones, it's up to Liss to find out whodunit before the killer makes...
10) Shall we dance?
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English
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"At twenty-seven, Shannon Murphy has just discovered that she has two sisters she never knew. Now, through Shannon's loving persistence, the three of them are moving in together above her dance studio in Bridgeport. Shannon is excited to make a home with her sisters and to grow her budding business. Then she meets her newest client - he has all the right muscles, a perfect smile, and a lot of attitude. Will Shannon be able to keep things professional...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
460, 10 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The review in the Paris Times in November 1928 is rapturous in its praise of Lucia Joyce's skill and artistry as a dancer. The family has made their home in Paris--where the latest ideas in art, music, and literature converge. Acolytes regularly visit the Joyce apartment to pay homage to Ireland's exiled literary genius. Among them is a tall, thin young man named Samuel Beckett--a fellow Irish expat who idolizes Joyce and with whom Lucia becomes...
12) Little movements
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
246 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thirty-something Layla Smart was raised by her mother to dream medium. But all Layla's ever wanted was a career in dance, which requires dreaming big. So when she receives an offer to be the choreographer-in-residence at Briar House in rural Vermont, she temporarily leaves behind Brooklyn, her job, her friends, and her husband to pursue it. Layla has nine months to navigate a complex institution and teach a career-defining dance to a group of Black...