One fateful day changes everything for Christianna Habersham, daughter of a wealthy jewelry guilder. After an attack leaves her unconscious and injured at the side of the road, an exiled gypsy man finds and cares for her, then leaves her in her provincial Boreal town on his quest to find his place in the world. TrueGod, though, sees fit to put the pair together, for Christi's attacker has left her with child, and nobody else will have her, so she and the gypsy man are wed with no real knowledge of one another or the worlds in which each was raised. Christi fights to tame the wandering gypsy, and Marcus fights to learn about the heart of a woman, and it becomes all too easy to drift apart for the sake of peace. Eventually, though, they must learn to put each other and their love for TrueGod above all else, or they will lose something they love and themselves in the process. Take another trek into the rich world of Balia in this installment of the Tales of Balia, the Christian romance/fantasy series. Readable in any order, grab a Balia book and enter a new world today.

This is the story of Lori, happily married, until she finds out that her husband is of Gypsy origin. Raised and educated in a family with strong, traditional values, she can’t accept a Gypsy in her house. Lori leaves him with their adopted daughter Melinda, and escapes to Italy. The life in a foreign country was difficult and cost Lori enormous efforts and hard work to provide good living and future to her daughter. With the time passing, Lori realizes more and more, how she ruined the lives of her loving family with one stupid, prejudicial decision. It was too late to go back…Time changed and Lori didn’t know that her daughter, free of any bigotries and discriminations found the love of her life, in a handsome man of Gypsy origin. Gypsy Heart is a third book of Antoinette Clair, after The Blows of Fate and Merely Life. She has three Master degrees – in Italian Philology, Bibliography and Management & Marketing. Antoinette Clair lives in suburban Philadelphia with her husband and son.

Romantic Comedy: All hell breaks loose when Richard MacKnight's eccentric Aunt Agatha hires gypsy astrologer, Tia Vadella, to advise them on business ventures for their land development firm. Richard thinks astrology is bunk, and he is determined to keep any stargazer from interfering with his work. After trying, unsuccessfully, to buy Tia off, Richard realizes that her predictions are accurate. Still, he can't run his business by the stars. Even so, he finds himself drawn to the seductress in bangles and scarves, but he wants her in his bed, not in his business. Richard and Tia find themselves falling in love. But can a bullheaded Taurus, descended from a Scottish laird, and a sensual Scorpio, of gypsy heritage, find true happiness? They're total opposites. But while opposites attract, they also conflict. He constructs buildings. She constructs astrology charts, concocts herbal potions, dowses, and performs healing rituals with a group of strange people who chant ancient incantations. Richard is determined to marry Tia, and enlists her father's help, which turns into a comedy of errors when Richard gives his all to win Tia's gypsy heart.

“A moving story of passion and choices” set in early twentieth-century Cornwall (Holly Kinsella, bestselling author of Uptown Girl). The year is 1902, and for Katherine Johnson, life is going nowhere. Residing in a cottage on the coast of Cornwall with her aunt and uncle, she has spent her whole life trapped in drawing rooms and dinner parties. That is, until her twentieth birthday. First her aunt and uncle present her with a beautiful jewelry box, but do not explain its significance. Then she meets a stranger on the Cornish beach, and her life will never be the same again. Katherine falls in love with the gypsy Kane, and marries him in secret—her family does not accept him. As Katherine finally learns the truth behind her jewelry box, she realizes her life and Kane’s are more closely intertwined than they could ever have imagined—but, forbidden to see him, she may not be able to reconcile her family and her love . . .

Tinder McCartney thought he left behind his life as a gay male prostitute but soon learns returning to his old life may be the only way to save the man he loves...Tinder McCartney and his lover, Jason Qui, are adjusting to life in war-torn Hawaii following the attack on Pearl Harbor. Settling at first in Maui with Tinder's father, they go back to Honolulu to meet with members of the new military government regarding their plans to blow up a major access road in Lahaina that would leave the islanders in Maui stranded and without access to much-needed shipments coming into the island. Back in Honolulu, Tinder and Jason are dismayed to see how much their beloved home has changed in just a few short weeks. Jason accepts a dangerous sea mission feeling that as a Chinese immigrant, he needs to prove his loyalty to the US. He and the crew of the ship disappear, and are presumed to have been taken by Japanese forces. Tinder must decide what to do to help his lover. When presented with the opportunity to return to his old way of life in exchange for information that will help him rescue his lover, he must decide how far he is willing to go to heal his gypsy heart and save the man he loves...

The author Verle Jean was born and raised in the Slim Buttes region of the Black Hills in South Dakota and was touched by the beauty of the country she grew up in. I know this book “Poems From A Gypsy Heart “ will find the Gypsy spirit in us all. The cover and illustrations are done by the author Ms. Verle Jean. She knew from the age of eight years old she would be a poet. This book is a lifetime collection of her works of insightful reflections of God’s creations. Please share in a wondrous journey through the thoughts of a truly inspiring author and artist. A personal bible of emotions for everyone about everything one could possibly contemplate.