Forbidden Dance — Lydia Joy Nickerson

April Roberts is twenty-year-old Ballerina trying to make a living in 1983 New York City. Times are hard for everyone with and April is no different. Between the harshness in the underground world of Ballet, the cattiness of the women she works with, and the drug craze popping up in the city, the odds are stacked against her. There is hope, one thing that can make or break her, a dance competition. If she wins, first prize is a trip to France to study with the masters of her dance. If she doesn't, she will be stuck in the Bohemian Hell that is New York City. Along the way she meets Luke, a wannabe Filmmaker who literally bumps into her world, his best friend Dodger, an almost famous Rock Star, and her enigmatic landlord Sammy. Which man will win her heart and dance her Forbidden Dance?