Anastasia "Stacy" Graysin, co-owner of Graysin Motion, one
of several
ballroom dance lesson companies in the Washington D.C. area,
is excited to
hear that national television show "Ballroom with the B-
Listers" will be filming
in town. Although business partner Tav is more reluctant to
participate, he is
soon convinced by Stacy that the publicity could do Graysin
Motion good,
especially if they win the competition. Plus, the financial
windfall of winning
could help since the company is finding itself in a bit of
trouble with the IRS
due to Stacy's late aunt not paying taxes the last few years
before she passed.
Stacy is even more excited when she finds out that the b-
lister she's going to
be dancing with is former teen idol Zane Savage, someone
whose posters she
and her sister Danielle used to have adorning their bedroom
walls. Not only
are they paired together, but Zane specifically requested
her! As they begin
preparing for the competition, Stacy is pleased to find out
that Zane actually
has some dance skills, but she's less pleased to find out
that not everything in
reality television is actually real, as the producers keep
staging drama to
improve ratings.
But all of the dancing comes to a halt when one of the
producers, Tessa King
is found dead in the Potomac River. Unfortunately, her
death looks neither
like an accident nor a suicide, which means that this is the
third death that is
even remotely tied to Graysin Motion in the recent past.
Before many
potential students can hear about the negative press that
could get out about
this, Stacy is determined to solve this mystery, which would
also mean a nice
reward for the studio, compliments of the show's production
team. But can
Stacy solve this mystery before she becomes the murderer's
second victim?
Each book in the Ballroom Dance Mystery series just
gets better than the last.
The mystery unfolded with great pacing and the reveal scene
played out
excellently; I never once had the culprit on my radar!
Stacy's character is
becoming richer, developing more complex relationships with
both her sister
and her business partner, and the other instructors in the
studio are
becoming more relevant to each story. People (like me) who
know nothing
about ballroom dancing will soon be quickstepping their way
through the
pages of this series!
One of them has been eliminated…permanently.
The traveling TV dance show, Ballroom with the B-Listers, is
coming to Washington, D.C., and ballroom dancer Stacy
Graysin is first in line to participate. Not only will the
publicity propel Graysin Motion, Stacy’s dance studio, into
the limelight, but the prize money could help offset her
looming debt. Plus, Stacy’s teen idol, heartthrob Zane
Savage, specifically requested to be her partner.
But the whirlwind reality contest stumbles when the show’s
coproducer, Tessa King, is found dead in the Potomac River.
All the clues point to Tessa being murdered—and the suspects
are the contestants and crew of B-Listers. Now Zane and the
rest of the B-Listers must promenade back to fame, and Stacy
will need to hustle to maintain her reputation, win the
competition, and catch a killer.
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