The Dancing Life

<h4><strong>If you're going through hell you might as well dance through it.</strong></h4><p><br></p><p><em>From award-winning and Amazon best-selling political fiction author Mikael Carlson comes a new series filled with adventure travel political maneuvering danger action manhunts and of course dancing. It's a political thriller and a romance. It's a thrillmance!</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>The Dancing Life</em> 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?</p><p><br></p><h4><strong>Politics affects our lives but it defines theirs.</strong></h4><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p><em>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?</em></p><p><br></p><p>The Dancing Trilogy romance thriller books in order:</p><p><em>The Dancing Life</em></p><p><em>The Tangled Tango - expected 2025</em></p><p><em>The Last Dance - expected 2026</em></p><p><br></p><p>For updates on Mikael Carlson's new releases sign up for his newsletter at mikaelcarlson.com.</p>