Tonya Plank: 7 books

A shy, young Manhattan attorney from a small-town, working-class background struggles with Globus Hystericus, the sensation of a ball in the throat, which makes it hard for her to eat, speak, and eventually breathe. This multiple-award-winning novel, at times darkly comical, centers on class privilege, gender equity, and the distance that can separate fathers and daughters.

Rory’s once promising ballet career was destroyed by family tragedy and illness. She turned her life around and became a lawyer. Now at the start of her legal career, she lacks passion in her work and self-confidence in her abilities. But when she meets gorgeous, mysterious Russian ballroom dancer,...

Rory’s ballet career was destroyed by family tragedy and illness. Now, at the start of her law career, she finds herself unfulfilled and uncomfortable in her skin. But when she meets tantalizing, mysterious Russian ballroom dancer, Sasha, her passions for life and dance are immediately rekindled....

Sasha and Rory are working superbly well together, their fiery passions for each other blazing both on and off the dance floor as they compete at Blackpool, the world’s most prestigious ballroom championship. But Rory suspects Sasha’s jealous former partner and his student are conspiring to sabotage...

With her law career becoming more nerve-wracking by the day, Rory must decide once and for all whether to leave it for her true twin passions – dance and her partner, Sasha. As she and Sasha begin to train for the largest competition in the world, Blackpool, their partnership, and their very lives,...

Rory and I were on a roll, dancing our hearts out as we prepared for Blackpool, the world’s most prestigious ballroom competition. I’d worked hard to overcome my demanding, perfectionist Russian nature, and my beautiful Rory glowed with her brilliant artistry.  But then, those demons from...

From the moment I saw her, I knew we were destined to be together. Both on and off the dance floor. I was second-place World Latin ballroom champion. I just needed the right partner. And with her passion, her immense talent, and her beautiful, sweet soul, I knew Rory was it. But she was also a ghost...