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Lover's Dance
Series · 4 books · 2017-2018

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#1

Forbidden Dance

2018

I never should have danced with a stranger. A coming-of-age romance series from six-time USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy Three things about me: 1. I’m not as innocent as everybody thinks. I know I’m shy and quiet, but like they say, still waters run deep. 2. I’ve been home schooled since freshman year. It was punishment, but I deserved it. My parents didn’t know what else to do. 3. I’m not the greatest dancer, but it’s the only thing I love with all my heart. Actually, there is one other thing, but it’s the biggest secret of my life. One I can’t tell anyone. Not even you. Which brings me to a surprise bonus thing to know. 4. I met Blitz Craven, you know, the super famous reality TV dance star. His show is like The Bachelor, only he’s looking for a dance partner. He showed up at my dance studio after his big disgrace, thinking he could use the wheelchair ballerinas I teach to get back in the world’s good favor. When he looks at me, I know what he’s thinking. (See item number one.) Everyone wants to protect me from him, their shy, innocent Livia. But when we dance, I want it, more than anything. Soon we’re sneaking into back rooms, dancing, kissing, planning dates away from the cameras and the wrath of my family. But I’m afraid. As thrilling as my life has become, I still have a secret. And if I stay with Blitz, the world will figure it out.
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#2

Wounded Dance

2018

I used to live in secret. Then I walked onto a TV reality show and made a spectacle that went viral. I did it for Blitz. To keep him. But the risk was too much. I was seen by my enemy. A boy I once loved. The father of my secret child. He’s spent years trying to find me, and now he’s at Dreamcatcher Dance Academy. He’s going to find our baby, he says. The adoption wasn’t legal since he didn’t know. He has no idea how close our little girl really is. That I secretly teach her ballet. And no matter how much Blitz wants to protect me from the threat this man poses to our happy life, there’s one fact I have to face. My past has caught up with me, and everything I love is in peril. \\\\\\ Wounded Dance is book two of the Lovers Dance series. Each book is full length and stands alone, but should be read in series order to avoid spoilers.
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#3

Wicked Dance

2017

If there’s one thing that chases you and never lets you go, it’s fame. Despite being a painfully shy and sheltered ballet student, three months ago I charged onto one of the most popular TV reality shows in the world and changed the course of five lives. Mine, when I accepted the star of the show, Blitz Craven, as my lover and dance partner. Blitz’s, just as he was about to walk away from his hard-won career. And three girls who were the finalists on the show. Those girls are back to get their vengeance, and as usual, the producers of the show are in it for the ratings. So now I have a choice: let each of them have another shot at my lover. Or take them on myself. But Blitz is mine. Game on. Wicked Dance is book three of the Lovers Dance series, which ends with book five, Final Dance. Each book is full length and stands alone, but should be read in series order to avoid spoilers.
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#4

Tender Dance

2017

It’s happened. The worst thing I could have imagined. The fourth emotional book of the series from six-time USA Today bestselling author Deanna Roy Despite how hard we tried, the world has discovered my secret child. Everyone is against us. Her adopted mother, my friends at the Dreamcatcher Dance Academy. Even Blitz seems at a loss at how to handle my grief at losing my tender relationship with my little girl. When a small ballet troupe asks me to join their ranks as a dancer, I wonder if it’s time to start over. Leave everything behind. Make a life for myself. But Blitz Craven has one more plan for me. And when he holds out his hand, I have to decide for the first time, what is it that I have always wanted? \\\\\\\\\\\\\_ Tender Dance is book four of the Lovers Dance series, which ends with book five, Final Dance. Each book is full length and stands alone, but should be read in series order to avoid spoilers.

Author

Deanna Roy
Deanna Roy
Author · 15 books

Deanna Roy is the six-time USA Today bestselling author of women's fiction. She is a fierce advocate for all the children in her care, biological, fostered, and adopted, and the mothers, who like her, lost babies to miscarriage. She writes books under four names: Deanna Roy with three-hanky reads in the Forever series: Forever Innocent (Forever, #1) by Deanna Roy JJ Knight with her romantic comedy Pickleverse: Big Pickle (The Pickle Family, #1) by J.J. Knight Abby Tyler with sweet small-town romance, including the Applebottom series: The Sweetest Match by Abby Tyler Annie Winters with romantic suspense serials, including The Vigilante's Lover: The Vigilante's Lover (The Vigilantes, #1) by Annie Winters You can follow Deanna and read pre-release sneak peeks and free ebooks on her private list. Subscribe! Deanna also writes a series of books for middle grade readers, including JINNIE WISHMAKER, MARCUS MENDER, and ELEKTRA CHAOS. She's pretty easy to spot on Facebook and Instagram.

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