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The Gypsy Ribbon (Arcana Love Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Shannon MacLeod (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars 10 ratings
Rock hard, play hard, love harder.

Internationally known wild child James Kelly is a filthy rich rock star, devilishly handsome, with silicone beauties aplenty to grace both his arm and his bed. He has it all. Or does he? What he wants most is a real woman to tell him no once in a while. . .and thanks to his inherited precognition, he knows her when he meets her. But the vision of his future is shrouded in darkness and shadows.

Tarot reader Lisbeth Vargo works at the local renaissance faire. She's still stinging from her last bad relationship when her best friend marries James Kelly's brother. After being paired up in the wedding party, sparks fly between Lisbeth and James. Even her tarot cards tell her he's the one, but is the interest of a "bad boy" something she can take seriously?

Sometimes falling in love takes a leap of faith. Occasionally it needs a push off the cliff. James is more than happy to give Lisbeth that needed shove, but will his love save her. . .or get her killed?

CONTENT WARNING: Irish mischief, smokin' sex, creative uses for ice cream and bad gypsy accents

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    Arcana Love
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    252 pages
  3. Language
    English
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  5. Publication date
    December 2, 2013
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00IGFX5G2
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lyrical Press (December 2, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 2, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.2 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 252 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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Shannon MacLeod

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Shannon MacLeod lives next to an abandoned theme park. A proud member of Romance Writers of America and PAN, her Celtic romantasies include the award winning Embrace the Lace, Rogue on the Rollaway, The Celtic Knot: Suit of Cups (Arcana Love I), The Gypsy Ribbon: Suit of Wands (Arcana Love II), available from Kensington Books. Her tales are filled with strong heroes and heroines, interesting locales, colorful secondary characters, a touch of magick and mystery, loads of quirky humor, a body count, and absolutely no sparkly vampires.

Writing as her evil twin, The Celtic Cross Tarot Spread: Cutting to the Chase and the Shadowfox Tarot companion book (as Jennifer Shadowfox) available from Schiffer Publishing.

When not writing, she lives a life of servitude to three spoiled cats and one entitled German Shepherd dog. She loves rainy days, good music, and long hours spent gazing at her beloved ocean. An avid wearer of boots regardless of season and dangerously high heels, she watches Lord of the Rings more than any sane person should and can, in fact, reenact entire battle scenes using interpretive dance. Her spirit animals are the Honey Badger and Gordon Ramsay.

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  • debra Lane
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great!'n
    Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014
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    Good book but you have to read the Celtic knot first..I am hoping Shannon will be following this up with a third book..
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  • LAS Reviewer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good Reading
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2014
    Admit it, most of us think the Irish accent is sexy as a well done salsa dance; that’s why I picked this book up. This beautiful premise is only added to by James/Seamus being a rock star to boot. But I kept reading because the writing is well edited and well written. Not to mention, the plot doesn’t do the irritating, “Do I like him, no, I don’t, but I do, but I just can’t bring myself to see him” dance. That stuff got old twenty books ago. For once, the main characters definitely love each other and even say so well before halfway through the book. Here, the conflict is one external to the relationship.

    James is a rock star and all high grossing rock stars have a manager. James’ manager isn’t the nice kind. He provides the book’s tension by the distance he enforces between the two love-birds via touring time. I felt a lot of the band details on stage and back were well researched and appeared to be realistic. The only major issue I had was the petulance and childishness of the manager on occasion. He seemed a touch too childlike in his arguments and resistance to change. I felt the plot could have just as easily gone forward with him being more realistically businesslike and strong in his refusal to help the band through those traits rather than sheer contrariness. I think this would have worked better towards the conclusion where he is appraised as a generally good, if greedy, guy.

    Now on to the good bits: James’ and Beth’s sex life. For the romantic, the draw could be that Beth starts out as a virgin and, presumably, her first and last will be James. He, of course, has had more experience, as a rock star would. However, I would also say this novel is one for the romance enthusiast because the sex is more making love than just sex. There are long embraces, loving foreplay, and there is a build up to the stage of having sex, for obvious reasons. Beth is not a woman to fall straight into and out of bed with a man, and just as well.

    I felt the best part of their relationship was James’ commitment to Beth. He sends her trinkets and letters in an updated take on love letters and really ingratiates himself to the reader, and Beth. He does what many men may not be bothered to do in a long distance relationship and takes “putting in the effort” to another level.

    There is also a soft magical element to this book that readers should be aware of. Tarot cards have a strong predictive influence over events and James’ family all have different psychic gifts that they were born with. I find this fantasy element syncs well with the plot and offers nice (and not too obvious) hints and foresight to the reader.

    The conclusion to The Gypsy Ribbon is a shock to begin with but smoothes out to a happy ending, so don’t be too disheartened. What I take from this book is love and an enduring memory of that happy, tingly, overflow of emotion that surrounds the perfect honeymoon period of relationships and spreads smiles across a room. With Shannon MacLeod writing books at this standard, I’m going to go have a look and see if James’ Irish brothers have been written about, too!

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  • Jeannie Zelos
    5.0 out of 5 stars fun mystical romance.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2013
    The Gypsy Ribbon Shannon MacLeod.

    Review from Jeannie Zelos Book Reviews.

    I'd enjoyed the first in this series (Celtic Knot) so was pleased to get this one. I enjoyed it even more than book one, whether its just the storyline appealed more, or that I was familiar with the characters and the paranormal quirks they all had I’m not sure.
    Anyway, this time its about another brother from the Kelly family, James. He's an international top rock star, and with his good looks, fame and money he has no shortage of woman wanting to be with him. But what he wants is someone to love him, not the rock star, not the fame and the money, someone who will say no to him when its needed. He's getting jaded with the rock scene, loves his band mates and the music, but their manager has been pushing them hard and they are all feeling it. I can see how that happens in real life, and love the way authors show us the downsides to a situation instead of just the outward, glossy appearance. This felt so real, I was wishing for something good for James..and then he meets Beth at a family wedding. She's the best friend of his brothers wife, and when he sees her he feels an immediate connection. Beth's got his poster on her bedroom wall, and had a long time crush on him and can't see he'd be interested in her, she's not like the type of lady he's always pictured with. So when he tries to get closer to her she says no. He's stunned, but persistent though and slowly they begin a romance, with advice always from the Tarot cards :) I love this mystical side Shannon adds to her writing, it fits well with the characters and with the overall story arc and gives a little extra dimension to the plots.
    Of course James being famous means danger for Beth, and the manager isn't happy at his money maker having a girlfriend – that’s not going to go down well with the female followers! So they don't have a smooth ride for their love story, but one fraught with dangers and double dealing, mayhem and mysteries, and it all comes to a life threatening climax.
    Its a great read, one I really enjoyed, and would re read. It has a good balance of love and emotion, happiness and sadness, it's much more than just a bland sweet HEA story. Its a good length too at 98,000 words, that to me makes a far better book than a short one, as a quick reader I want one to occupy me for hours and only long ones do that.
    Stars: five, good fun romance, with a mystical theme.
    NB: ARC supplied via Lyrical Press.
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