{"product_id":"you-can-do-magic-carnival-of-mysteries-9781953433176","title":"You Can Do Magic: Carnival of Mysteries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of Foreword Indies Finalist \u003cem\u003eSummer of Hush\u003c\/em\u003e and BookLife Prize Quarterfinalist \u003cem\u003eBrains and Brawn\u003c\/em\u003e comes a contemporary gay romance with a side of time travel and magic. WINNER of the Paranormal Romance Guild's Reviewers Choice Award and FINALIST in The North Texas Romance Writers' Carolyn contest.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusical prodigy Kallos Alexandrou has played his calliope for countless visitors at Errante Ame's Carnival of Mysteries, but his one-year residency has come to an end. Scars from a terrible tragedy in his past are the only explanation he has for his loss of speech and memory, but it's time to move on, so when a music festival sets up next to the carnival, Mr. Ame sends him off with identification, a bottomless billfold, and a set of new clothes. Outside the carnival's perimeter, Kal finds himself in an unfamiliar world surrounded by strange instruments and vibrant people like nothing he's ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRyan Wells is the troubled and celebrated lead singer of the metal band Backdrop Silhouette. He's brought more than his share of baggage on the last cross-country Warped Tour, including harsh restrictions placed on him by his parole officer and the band's label, but it's the treatment from his bandmates that have him feeling unsettled. After a tough morning, he spots a strange young man playing carnival music on a keyboard backstage, and the sound takes him back to a particularly vulnerable time in his youth. Intrigued, Ryan asks the young man's name, but he flees only to appear later as a replacement stagehand for the tour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn invitation from the band Hush to ride on their bus gives Ryan and Kal a welcome distraction. They find the camaraderie and support they've both been craving...as well as a little magic and a fresh new romance. But personal secrets and the music business make relationships difficult to maintain, and when the tour ends, Ryan and Kal will have to make a choice: move forward together on an uncertain path, or let fear keep them from trusting that sometimes you really can have everything you desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou Can Do Magic is part of the multi-author Carnival of Mysteries series. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Celie Bay Publications LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/27\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781953433176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.67d","brand":"R. L. Merrill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44241153622197,"sku":"9781953433176","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/you-can-do-magic-carnival-of-mysteries-9781953433176","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}