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Book Description

If you’re going through hell, you might as well dance through it.


The Dancing Life is a story about finding love and finding yourself as the world tries to get in the way. With likable protagonists and sleazy, despicable antagonists, you will find yourself rooting for Braden and Lyla as they travel across the world. Will the power of their growing love and passion for each other ultimately conquer all, or will their pasts force them to go their separate ways?

Politics affects our lives, but it defines theirs.

Braden Fox has it all – an apartment in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a beautiful wife, and a fat bank account from his high-paying job until one betrayal costs him everything. Resigning himself to fate in a self-imposed exile, an inebriated Braden meets a mysterious drifter who sends him on a life-altering journey – if he can stay alive long enough to take it.

For Arden Davenport, the founder of the political action committee American Outreach, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Not only is his star employee missing, but he possesses information that could bring the entire shady enterprise to its knees. His protégé must be found and neutralized before Arden’s life work is destroyed. Fortunately, he has two men capable of finding Braden, even across an ocean.

Everything changes when Braden meets Lyla, a free-spirited drifter who’s hiding from her own demons. Their shared journey will take them across the world as friendship slowly grows into something more. The emotional consequences of their relationship are undeniable: Both of them have deadly secrets they refuse to share…especially with each other.

The Dancing Life is a romantic thriller filled with self-reflection, angst, betrayal, love, and travel. Can these two very different souls find love before the hunters finally catch their prey? Will their dark secrets about the past cause their undoing, or are they prepared to risk everything to keep living the dancing life?

PRAISE FOR THE DANCING LIFE

  • If you enjoy dancing, traveling the world, or immersing yourself into a life unchained to routines, then you will want to pick up this book as there is plenty of life lessons intertwined with the suspense, betrayal, greed, and deception.

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  • Once I started reading, I had a hard time putting it down. Unfortunately work and life prevented me from finishing it in one sitting but I did finish it the second time. It was worth the time spent. The story has suspense, adventure in foreign lands, villains, and intrigue with the spice of romance. The main characters show some growth and I cannot wait to read the sequel(s).

    Amazon Review

  • The reawakening of Braden as he traveled with Lyla and how his life changed for the better was well portrayed. This is definitely a book worth reading and you won't be disappointed.

    Amazon Review


Series by Mikael Carlson

THE MICHAEL BENNIT SERIES
THE SANTA TRILOGY
THE TIERRA CAMPOS SERIES
THE DANCING TRILOGY
THE AMERICA, INC. SAGA
WATCHTOWER THRILLERS

Author

Mikael Carlson

The founder of Warrington Publishing, Mikael is the multiple award-winning and Amazon bestselling author of six political drama and thriller series spanning nearly two dozen novels. He is a retired paratrooper, avid world traveler, and political junkie looking to bring great stories to the world.

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