Some women rebuild their lives-one shimmy at a time. Once Nefertiti was a dancer people queued to see; now she runs a belly dancing class in the middle of nowhere, and the numbers have dwindled. Disappointed, Nefertiti turns to her partner and rock, but he has other plans and drops her like a hot potato. The breakup is painful, and Nefertiti feels alone until she stumbles across a bag lady with a past the locals gossip about. After fifty-five years of self-absorption, Nefertiti finds herself caring for a woman who spends her days singing off-key. Until the council steps in and threatens to separate them. Nefertiti is faced with an impossible choice: protect the fragile new life she's beginning to rebuild, or risk everything to help a woman everyone else has given up on. Can she save the woman who needs her most without losing everything she's fought to rebuild? The Downfall of a Bellydancer is the second novel in the Bellydancing and Beyond series, although each book can be enjoyed as a standalone. Perfect for readers of Marian Keyes, Clare Pooley, and Hazel Prior, it is a warm, darkly funny novel about friendship, second chances, and discovering that sometimes helping someone else is the first step to saving yourself.