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Get out your dancing shoes while reading these books about dancing!

Flamenco Academy by Sarah Bird
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, two young women become entranced by young flamenco guitarist Tomâas Montenegro and decide to dedicate themselves to the disciplines and demands of the university's flamenco academy.

Heaven’s Price  by Sandra Brown
New York dancer Blair Simpson is confronted with a difficult choice when a career-threatening injury forces her to put her life on hold and recuperate on Long Island, where she encounters Sean, her passionate and provocative new landlord.

Waltzing at the Piggly Wiggly  by Rob Dalby
Dalby's darling debut is a light jaunt around the fairy tale-like town of Second Creek, Miss., where the weather is "God's messenger service," people waltz in the aisles of a grocery store, and the Annual Delta Floozie Contest packs the town square.

Birth Marks  by Sarah Dunant
Asked to locate an eight-months-pregnant missing ballet dancer who is subsequently discovered in the Thames, the apparent victim of suicide, London-based private investigator Hannah Wolfe pursues suspicions that the woman may have been murdered instead.

Halloween Murder  by Shelley Freydont
Asked to direct a theatrical revue for the Mischief Night Marathon, former dancer and amateur sleuth Linda Haggerty finds herself investigating a series of bizarre and frightening practical jokes that turns deadly.

Dead on the Dance Floor  by Heather Graham
To investigate the death of Lara Trudeau, an accomplished dancer, Quinn O'Casey poses as a dance student and, while moving through a world of drugs, jealousy and murder, finds himself drawn to studio manager Shannon Mackay.

A Short History of a Prince  by Jane Hamilton
As Walter McLeod's 18-year-old brother Daniel lies dying of cancer during much of his sophomore year, Walter comes to grips with his own homosexuality and the inaccessibility of his parents, who are swallowed up in their grief. Walter's pivotal friendships with the beautiful Susan and Mitch, the boy they both love, sustains, shatters and alters his sense of self as he stumbles toward adulthood.

Ways to be Wicked  by Julie Ann Long
Stumbling upon a letter that her former guardian had hidden from her, proud French ballerina Sylvie Lamoureux discovers clues to a past that she never knew she had and heads for England to investigate.

Dancer: A Novel  by Colum McCann
For three decades, the legend of ballet dancer Rudolph Nureyev spread from continent to continent: the boy from Ufa who takes Leningrad by storm; the amazing partnership with Margot Fonteyn; the matinee idol dancer; the hyperactive sex life; the enfant terrible. Actual events and qualities of Nureyev’s public persona are tossed together in this novel, and his legend becomes myth.

Desert Rose  by Larry McMurtry
Harmony is a veteran Las Vegas showgirl, toplessly approaching age 39, long-separated from shrimpy husband Ross, recently involved with crass Denny... who has just stolen her long-awaited $1,300 insurance check. But Harmony's biggest problem, whether she fully knows it or not, is her cold-hearted teenage daughter Pepper – who's even more beautiful than Harmony, loathes Harmony's clothes, and drips scorn on her optimistic, emotional, sentimental mother.

The Book of Proper Names  by Amelie Nothomb
Accepted to a prestigious French ballet school after being raised by an eccentric aunt, imaginative young Plectrude faces the ambiguities of the ballet world, pushes her body beyond its limits, and eventually commits an act of outrageous audacity in her determination to command her own life.

Step-Ball-Change  by Jeanne Ray
Caroline and her husband Tom deal with the romantic ups-and-downs of their daughter Kay, who has become engaged to the richest bachelor in Raleigh, and Caroline's sister Taffy, who is getting a divorce from the wealthiest man in Atlanta.

Considering Kate  by Nora Roberts
Kate Stanislaski Kimball, the daughter of Natasha Stanislaski, turns her back on fame and glamour to build a new life as a dance teacher and finds herself falling for Brady O'Connell, the rugged contractor she hires to renovate her new dance school.

Tabula Rasa  by Shelly Reuben
Investigating a house fire that has killed two young children, arson detective Billy Nightingale and his brother-in-law, officer Sebastian Bly, discover a baby underneath the porch, whom they raise without an awareness of her violent origins.

First Love  by Adrienne Sharp
Ballet dancers Adam and Sandra find themselves ill-prepared for the demands of stardom, promised when an aging and ailing ballet master finds in Sandra a muse who may fulfill his dream of creating an opulent performance of "Sleeping Beauty."