The Dancing Life

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

Award-winning author Mikael Carlson mixes a political thriller with a romance in a novel with self-reflection, angst, betrayal, love, travel, and of course, dancing!

Opposites attract, or so the adage goes. Braden and Lyla couldn't be more different. He's a boring finance guy who plans out every aspect of his life. She's an adventurous drifter who lives every day to its fullest. From different parts of the world and with polar opposite life experiences, they couldn't be more unsuited for each other. Enter the one thing that binds them together - they are both running for their lives.

Politics affects our lives, but it defines theirs. Braden is on the run from his employer, anultrapowerful man running a political action committee who wants him back - or to silence him for good. Lyla has her own demons she must stay a step ahead of. When their worlds collide in an Argentinian tango salon, they set out to run together, each not knowing what haunts the other.

THE DANCING LIFE is a story about finding love while finding yourself as the world tries to get in the way. With likable protagonists and sleezy, despicable antagonists, you will find yourself rooting for Braden and Lyla as they travel across the world. But will the power of their growing love for each other ultimately conquer all, or will their pasts force them to go their seperate ways?

THE DANCING LIFE is romance wrapped around a political thriller. It's a thrillmance!

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?