One does not ask questions of a fairytale.

Upon each Matrimonial bed Tzigany de Torres makes he bestows a potent charm; one that guarantees a lifetime of loving passion within the marriage.

 And together with his matchmaking wife Gitana, they are in the business of making love happen.

However, if you were to assume this book is about sex you would be mistaken.There is no sex in this book, only LOVE. Or should I say, quietly, the making of love.

 

 

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"The Gypsy Chronicles
makes your soul want to tap dance!"
CATE MONTANA
The Global Intelligencer

 

" Lighthearted and yet uplifting,
 this little gem of a book
does much to soothe the spirit and assure
us that life is divine indeed.
Filled with genuine joie de vivre
it makes you happy to be alive!
The Gypsy Chronicles makes your soul
want to tap dance!"

"Strictly Fabulous!"

Meredith Blevins
Red Hot Empress, The Hummingbird Wizard  ;
The Vanished Priestess
"The romantic and exotic tone of The Gypsy Chronicles
is strictly fabulous. And the notion of charmed matrimonial beds? No reader could ask for more to spark so many levels of the imagination.

Alison Mackie has created a mystical world, beautiful in its undertaking, that will lure even the most cynical souls
 to seek the mysterious ways of deep love and Gypsy magic."

"Every page seems to have
an appropriate soundtrack..."

BALKAN BEAT IT
Urban Gypsy Music Magazine

The world of Gitana is a world where

words andobscure rituals live side to side and the power of handcraft is enforced by superstition.

Here, the imagination and reality conspire to change the course of events and the art of fortune telling

mingles with the capacity
of creating your own future.

Every page seems to have an appropriate soundtrack, as to complete the whole sensory experience suggested by the words.
The beautiful voice of Angicaro that can

persuade a diamond thief to change his life style,
the sound of a guitar entwined to the flamenco steps of a dancer, the constant “duende” of the rhythm of the characters in their speaking and
movements make a constant suggestion of the sounds that play along the plot.


"The Gypsy Chronicles
works in an unorthodox way."
Steven Siciliano, author of La Vedette
Los Angeles

Alison, I finished "The Gypsy Chronicles" while on vacation in Mexico. I enjoyed it very much as a novel creation/objet d'art. It works in an unorthodox way, which I'm sure pleases you! Gitana does a great job of capturing just how fun and sexy a place Spain is today; the modern overlaying the traditional in a truly successful juxtaposition one can't find anywhere else. It brought me back to my times there.

 

"Comparable with Amelie of Montmartre."

Ana "Dulique" Leskova
Czech Daily Journalist

The blurb on the cover stated that I would find stories full of love inside, which did not arouse much enthusiasm in me – indeed, it sounded to my ears like a dime store novel for women. However, when I began to read, what I found instead was an artfully arranged mosaic of colorful stories and memorable characters that takes place in the town of Ronda, Andalusia.
The action centers around Gitana and her husband Tzigany whose workshop for matrimonial beds is where the individual stories meet. I could not help but compare it with Amélie of Montmartre – There is throughout a great amount of stylization, playfulness and surprising twists in the plot which will bring a smile and giggle.

"The Gypsy Chronicles
is a treat for the imagination!"
DJRAMA
Gypsy DJ Miami
Najis Tuke Alison... I am falling in love with this story... I am not done yet... But I Love it!
The Gypsy Chronicles is a treat for the imagination!!! It truly captures the mystery of being a gypsy in a real sort of way.
Te aves baxtali pen!



"Mackie's Gypsies are proud,
intensely playful,
 and entirely loyal to their chosen fate..."
Peter Klassen
Vancouver
"Alison Mackie's Gypsy Chronicles mark a joyous debut into the world of magic realism. You will be deeply grateful for your invitation into her colorful creation, and for the chance to meet her bold characters, men and women who channel the power of love with desire's beguiling sway. Mackie's Gypsies are proud,
intensely playful, and entirely loyal to their chosen fate. Filled to the brim with tasty vignettes and dew-dusted with tangy metaphors, her tales are bound to leave your palette aching for a few more drops. In the light clouds floating across the horizon of her Spanish vista, you will catch glimpses of an unknown realm. Dream along with her, and these glimpses may expand to become a steady gaze."