Shall We Dance
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Dancers and dancing are featured in the fiction titles on this list, compiled by Reader Advisor Cheryl Hassler.
Considering Kate by Nora Roberts.
Natasha’s daughter Kate knows she made the right decision to abandon her ballet career and return home to open a ballet school in the old building she always loved. But the building needs renovation, and Kate’s mother knows just the man to do it. Some explicit descriptions of sex. RC 51947.
Dangerous Diversions by Margaret Evans.
Rosalie de Barante occasionally danced in the corps of the Paris Opera when her mother was a principal dancer with the ballet. Now her parents are dead, and for the past five years Rosalie has been supporting herself by dancing at Sadler’s Wells in London. She is cautious about handsome men who show an interest in her, but there is something special about Gervase Marchant--especially when he invites her to his estate while her injured ankle heals. RC 40387.
Dead on the Dance Floor by Heather Graham.
Miami. An apparently accidental overdose kills dancer Lara Trudeau. Lover patrolman Doug O’Casey, suspecting foul play, persuades his former-cop brother Quinn to take covert dance lessons. Quinn falls for the studio manager, Shannon Mackay, who may be next. O'Casey Brothers series, book 1. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language.
RC 59649.
The Desert Rose by Larry McMurtry.
Beautiful Harmony, a dancer in a Las Vegas casino, has been abandoned by her husband Ross after the birth of their daughter Pepper. A pushover for men, at thirty-nine, she is reaching the age at which her career is waning. Her most pressing problem, however, is her bitchy daughter whose striking beauty is catapulting her into show business. Desert Rose series, book 1. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. RC 21771.
Flight of the Swan by Rosario Ferré.
In 1917 a touring Russian ballet troupe is stranded in Puerto Rico as a result of the Russian Revolution. When the leader of the troupe, "Madame" to her younger ballerinas, falls in love with a revolutionary half her age, everyone’s life is radically transformed. Some explicit descriptions of sex. RC 56785.
A Grand Passion by Mary Mackey.
Prima ballerina Natasha Ladanova attains stardom at the Russian Imperial School of Ballet and becomes a Grand Duke’s mistress even as she pines for dancer Sergei Maximov. Fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution, Natasha joins a Parisian company and renews her affair with Sergei. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. RC 61913.
Heaven’s Price by Sandra Brown.
Dancer Blair Simpson has come to a small town on Long Island for six months to recuperate from severe knee damage. Her friend Pam has acquired a garage apartment for Blair behind the home of Sean Garrett, a local contractor. Blair first meets Sean when she mistakes him for the masseur she requested. Blair’s life has always centered around dancing, but Sean makes her question her future. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. RC 41698.
The Passion and the Flower by Barbara Cartland.
Paris, 1867. All of Paris tries to meet Lokita, the lovely and secretive young ballet dancer. Prince Volkonski, on holiday from the Russian court, succeeds--but only briefly. The prince’s blue blood, Lokita’s mysterious background, and a protective duenna are all obstacles to the couple’s happiness. RC 52131.
The Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton.
Walter McCloud is a teenager in the 1970s when his life changes: He realizes he will never be a renowned ballet dancer, he accepts his homosexuality, and his brother dies of cancer. Twenty years later Walter returns from New York City to his family’s summer house in Wisconsin to reconcile with his past. RC 48456.
Thursday’s Children by Rumer Godden.
The nursery rhyme says that "Thursday’s child has far to go," and the saying could not be more apt for Doone Penney, sixth and youngest child of a London greengrocer and his starstruck wife. The adorable boy was obviously born to dance, and he wants nothing but to become a ballet star. Unfortunately, the parents set all their hopes on daughter Crystal, a very ordinary child on whom they lavish their attention and money and, of course, the ballet lessons. RC 22164.
Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly by Robert Dalby.
Widow Laurie Lepanto is determined to keep her favorite supermarket in business after the new Mega-Mart opens in Second Creek, Mississippi. She enlists the help of widower and former ballroom dance instructor Powell Hampton and the town’s most influential widows to carry out her scheme. Some descriptions of sex. RC 62157.