Spirituality, romance, history and mystery intersect in Temple Dancer (Tumamoc Press, $16.95) by Amy Weintraub, a Tucson author, yoga instructor and founder of LifeForce Yoga Healing Institute (amyweintraub.com). The novel tells the interconnected stories of Wendy, an American divorcée on a spiritual pilgrimage to India, and Saraswati, an intriguing older woman who claims to have been a devadasi, or “temple dancer,” before they were outlawed. Wendy uses Saraswati’s youthful diary and her own meditation to...