Catalog Search Results
Author
Description
"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
Description
"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
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...
Author
Description
"The youngest heir to a legendary Northern California dynasty is back in the family fold, gearing up to open his own therapy practice. Life's perfect--except for the miles that separate psychologist Julian Drake from his longtime love Nicki Long. So when the Broadway dancer makes a visit to their idyllic town, Julian is beyond thrilled. Desire reignites as he and Nicki reaffirm their commitment, ready more than ever for their happy ending. Relocating...
Author
Description
"Why would I talk to you about my life? I don't know you, and even if I did, I don't tell my story to just any boy with long hair, who probably smokes week. You wanna hear about me. You gotta tell me something about you. To make this worth my while." 1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan club in town. Honoree Dalcour is a sharecropper's daughter, willing to work hard and dance every night...
Author
Description
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.
Author
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...
Author
Description
"Lucy Gardiner felt like she was put on earth to dance. Amid the chaos of her Massachusetts upbringing-her loving, erratic brothers; her overburdened mother-twelve-year-old Lucy is discovered and cast on a new dance reality show. When its popstar judge, Bruise, takes an obsessive interest in Lucy's raw talent, Lucy's life suddenly becomes what she's always wanted-or has it? In the whirlwind of talk shows, movie sets, and extravagant Hollywood parties...
Author
Description
"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...
10) Shall we dance?
Author
Description
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
Description
Malik put a lot of love into the wrong woman, an exotic dancer named Sade. Nowadays he puts his heart into The Easter Club, a hood strip joint he owns that's also known as The Ratchet Bar. He still finds time to give love to his latest lady, Ebone, who's nothing like Sade. But then their relationship takes a turn when he comes home to guns drawn in his face -- and he takes a bullet to the head. While in a coma, he has to rely on his fellow team...
Author
Description
"In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as these women. These women on the corner... These women in the club... These women who won't stop asking questions... These women who got what they deserved... Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Nashville Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Suggest a purchase