Dance with the Wind

Susannah Welch

May 2021 · City of Virtue and Vice Book 1 · Silky Sky Publishing, LLC

About this ebook

A singer with forbidden magic. 

An undercover renegade. 

How can she keep her magic a secret if it goes wild every time they dance?

On Ylena’s first day inside the Shining City, a mysterious woman tricks her into auditioning for a magical ritual celebrating the Goddess. Every year, the young singers and dancers compete for the honor of performing in the enchanted ceremony, but with the ruthless High Priests in charge, a single wrong note is blasphemy.

If learning her role wasn’t hard enough, unexpected emotions make rehearsals even more complicated. There’s Wilder, Ylena’s flirty costar who knows more about the city’s dark secrets than he’s willing to tell, and Caed, her dance instructor, a priest who isn’t what he seems.

When Ylena manifests magic that makes her a threat, can she escape the spotlight at center stage before the High Priests discover her secret?

Prepare to be swept into a world of beautiful magic, shocking twists, and breathless fairy tale romance. Inside you will find a sweet, slow-burn romance with a swoon-worthy couple, and a happily-ever-after at the end of the trilogy.

Dance with the Wind is Book 1 in the City of Virtue and Vice series. If you enjoy strong heroines, fantasy worlds, elemental magic, and sweet romance, then try the City of Virtue and Vice series today!

KEYWORDS: ya fantasy romance, sweet fantasy romance, ya fantasy, fairy tale romance, young adult fantasy, young adult fantasy romance, romantic fantasy, strong heroine fantasy, strong female lead, clean fantasy romance, sweet fantasy romance, free, free fantasy romance, free young adult fantasy, slow burn, magic romance, enchanted magic, epic, love story, coming of age fantasy, swoony fantasy romance

PERFECT FOR FANS OF: Elise Kova, Sylvia Mercedes, Alisha Klapheke, Tara Grayce, Casey L. Bond, Emma Hamm, Miranda Honfleur, Shari Tapscott, Frost Kay, Deborah Grace White, Shannon Mayer, K.F. Breene, Juno Hart, Laura Greenwood, Lindsay Buroker, Naomi Novik

Ratings and reviews

A new story line for me. City controlled by Seven gifted priests. One outsider, a teenager comes in and finds out she belongs there. Too many rules to follow yet she knows none. 2nd book shows the lives under the city. They are opposite from the top. Run by Seven wardens. Great series. But too many pageants. I wish pageant was just for the up side and other events should be something fitting to the way of life for the under ground. But overall well written book. Book three wraps up things for the two main characters. Rest of the series is about Rose.

Rhianne, like the name and the character. Very intricate story, danger and love, dance and music. Wow!

I'm in the geriatric age group but I really enjoyed the story very much.

About the author

Susannah Welch lives in sunny South Florida with her brilliant husband and a magically hypoallergenic cat. She enjoys singing and dancing and showing off. She likes her stories with a little bit of drama, and a whole lot of sparkle.