Dance Teacher
Jenny T. Partridge
Murder Has a Way of Keeping You On Your Toes....
True story! Jenny is a fictional character from author Natalie M. Roberts, who channels Jenny, fends off psycho dance moms in her own spare time (truth!), and on occasion leaps tall buildings in a single bound (complete and total lie!)
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From the psycho dance mom rumor mill....
"Blending the humor of Janet Evanovich with chick-lit quirkiness, Roberts adds sassy prose and a spunky heroine to create a new series to watch."--Library Journal

"When an obnoxious stage mom turns up dead from poisoned cookie dough, the laughs and the mystery start rolling. Roberts' charming new series is a winner -- a one-sitting read with laugh-out-loud moments, a wacky heroine and enough red herrings to populate a fish market."--Romantic Times Magazine

"When a cookie-dough fundraiser goes awry, Jenny T. Partridge, dance studio owner and amateur sleuth, is on the case in this upbeat mystery....In a nutshell: A light caper with many familiar details of life in the dance studio world.--Dance Teacher Magazine




Who is Natalie M. Roberts?

Natalie is the creator of Jenny T. Partridge, the lovable but eccentric dance teacher from Ogden, Utah.

You might wonder where Natalie draws her inspiration from. As the mother of Dancing Daughter, she's spent countless hours working with and around pyscho dance moms. Of course they aren't ALL psycho. Just some of them. Really. (Quite a few. Don't tell.)

Natalie works regularly with the studio director and draws on real life experiences and people to create the characters who live in Jenny's crazy world. And then she makes them all a little crazier, and eccentric, of course. Sometimes, though, that is not necessary.

"I remember hearing about the two moms here in Utah that got into a fight at a dance competition and the police had to be called. I thought, 'there has to be a book in this.' I was right."

Visit Natalie's alter ego, Natalie R. Collins for an alternate view of life in Utah. And for a look at the darker side of Natalie M. Roberts, visit the site of TWISTED SISTER.

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