I liked Dancing a lot, because it showed Anita with her live- in loves in a different atmosphere than most of the books; there's no police work, or too many other characters. The plot is simple. Anita and two of her main sweeties are invited to another policeman's yearly barbecue, and they bring Matthew, a friend's young son they've been babysitting quite often.
The story shows us what it might be like if they had their own child, which Anita thinks about during this party, since Nathaniel wants the three of them to have a child. There's also a little drama among the policeman's wives when they realized Nathaniel is a stripper one of the wives hired for her bachelorette party and they all come into the kitchen where Nathaniel is helping the hostess with the food. Anita does not react like she probably would have in earlier books by picking a fight. She helps stop a fight by talking with another cop who had been lied to about what Nathaniel and his wife had done--or in this case, not done--at the party where he was paid to perform. Anita also talks it all out with Nathaniel fairly quickly, but then this is just a novella. There's a lot about dancing, which I found interesting.
This story showed how the relationship between Anita and her live- in loves has grown over time, and would be, I hope, the perfect set up for them to have a child. For the last few books Anita has certainly thought about how she wants her life to change. This story will also appeal to anyone living what is generally called an "alternative lifestyle" by showing that whether the relationship is polyamorous, S & M, homosexual, etc, that they are valid and real and when enough people honestly show their friends and family who they really are, and everyone stands up for their right to live the way they want, eventually such relationships will be accepted. This story has a lot of emotion about how scary it can be to show who you really are, and very little of the police procedural usually present. I loved the change, and the way Anita is changing. Good work!
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