Overview

Two ballerinas. Two fates. One stage.

It's the carefree '80s and Juliette Lucian-Sorel has it all. She’s the greatest dancer to ever grace the floorboards of Palais Garnier, she's royalty to her adoring fans, and Paris is at her feet. Or so it seems…

Katarina Vyatka is defecting from behind the Iron Curtain, desperate to save herself and her career. Or so she claims…

What happens when the Princess of Paris rescues the brightest star in the history of Bolshoi? Will the Paris ballet stage be big enough for both of them? Sparks fly and rivals become lovers as they set their lives ablaze in a torrent of secrets, intrigue and grands jetés!

TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING:
Political repressions in totalitarian USSR

About Milena McKay

Milena McKay is a Lambda Literary and Golden Crown Literary Society award-winning sapphic fiction author.

Milena is a romance fanatic, currently splitting her time between trying to write a novel and succumbing to the temptation of reading another fanfic story.

She is a cat whisperer who wears four-inch heels for work while secretly dreaming of her extensive Converse collection. Would live on blueberries and lattes if she could.

Milena can recite certain episodes of The West Wing by heart and quote Telanu’s “Truth and Measure” in her sleep.

Her love for Cate Blanchett knows no bounds.