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Product Description Join Miguel on the ride of his life. Your Adventure Begins Now! Jean Luc hurls angry French curses as he thrusts his menacing switchblade at my chest. His last words, the only ones I understand, hiss through his clenched teeth, Little piggy, I’m going to stick you! The year is 1964. Mike, a 15-year-old boarding school student in Santa Fe, New Mexico, longs to make his own choices and experience a life of adventure beginning with an incredible trip to New Orleans’ Mardi Gras. Using the alias “Miguel,” he grabs his uncle’s BSA motorcycle and speeds across the perilous Historic Route 66. Along the way, he collides with a gritty biker gang, an angry Texas sheriff and savage black bears. Miguel roars into Mardi Gras just in time to meet Mariah, the mesmerizing Cajun beauty who will lead Miguel through the dark, dangerous, and passionate dimensions of New Orleans. Follow along on Miguel’s journey to discover secrets leading to a hidden treasure. Uncover the hints hidden within the pages of the story and clues embedded in the words scrawled in a mysterious verse by a Cajun gangster. A Gypsy’s Kiss is a fictionalized memoir based on a true story. Written and narrated by Toby Michael Younis and his writing partner and Magical Treasure Princess, Shelley Carney, A Gypsy’s Kiss is an action-adventure, coming-of-age tale that launched a fabulous real-life treasure hunt. Start your adventure today by clicking the "Buy Now" button at the top of the page! From the Author We have dedicated a large portion of the last three years of our lives to discussing the Forrest Fenn book, The Thrill of the Chase, and his treasure hunt on our YouTube channel, agypsyskiss.tv. Our community grew to almost 7000 subscribers who joined us each week to delve into the intricacies of everything related to that treasure hunt. In July 2019, we hid our own small treasure near the Fennboree event at Hyde Park just outside Santa Fe. The people who looked for our treasure were so excited and happy to actually find something, they wanted the fun to continue. Our good friends, Sarah and Brad Kinser brought us many items they wanted to include in our treasure chest. We had purchased a brass chest of Chinese dragon design and would fill it with a variety of collectible and unique objects. The plan was to hide it and share the hunt with everyone during Fennboree 2020. Then the Covid-19 Virus pandemic changed those plans. On June 6, 2020, Forrest Fenn announced that his treasure had been found and the treasure hunt ended. We immediately created a new treasure hunt to carry on the tradition of hope, adventure and friendship that Forrest Fenn had inspired in us with his treasure hunt. Through a Go Fund Me campaign and the generous donations of searchers, especially our greatest benefactor, Albert Moran (Lakolya), we have put together a treasure of cash, jewels, and collectibles worth nearly $10,000. Toby has told the story of A Gypsy's Kiss many times over the years and it is the perfect fit for a treasure story since it includes the same themes of hope, adventure and belonging inherent in our community ideals. This book is based on a true story from the life of Toby Michael Younis. You may recognize family members and friends he met on his journey. These people have passed on and are lovingly remembered within these pages. A few of his classmates, teachers and mentors have been changed and their stories and personalities merged. Some of the events happened just as told, others have fictionalized components or contain events that happened at other times in Toby's life.