The Rain Gypsy

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Eli Evans, a young contemporary Romani traveling the backroads of Texas with his grandfather's kumpaniya, has an epiphany in an abandoned field with the potential to shatter the bonds of his traditional Gypsy life.Ever a part of two worlds, he must choose which path to take: that of his own heart or that of his beloved family, who expect him to succeed his grandfather as leader.Eli's family is gifted with an ancient magical ability to invoke the rain, and the two parts of Eli's life collide at the site of the latest Summoning--a small farming community desperate for life-sustaining rain. There he breaks one of his culture's strongest taboos by falling in love with a non-Romani woman. When his lifelong nemesis shows up, hell-bent to destroy everything Eli holds dear, he must act to save those he loves and his own fragile dream.Carefully researched and sensitively written, The Rain Gypsy is a heady mix of family drama, magic, sweet romance, and dark secrets, which will take the reader inside one of America's most hidden cultures.

Genre: Fiction / Cultural Heritage (fancy, right?)