Beneath the Patchwork Moon

In Hope Springs, Texas, every first love deserves a second chance.

Luna Meadows wove a successful career out of creating the sumptuous, richly hued scarves that adorn Hollywood’s elite. Now she wants to give back to her hometown of Hope Springs, Texas, by creating a community arts center on the property that once belonged to her best friend: a talented musician named Sierra who perished in a car crash at age eighteen. As Luna sorts through the personal belongings left in the Caffey family’s former home, she confronts her own guilt and memories. But when Angelo Caffey―Sierra’s brother and Luna’s first love―returns unexpectedly, Luna must also face the pain of their long-ago relationship.

Headstrong, handsome Angelo walked away from Hope Springs―and Luna―eight years ago. But this time, he’s staying until he gets his answers. Still haunted by Sierra’s mysterious accident, he demands to know the secrets Luna has harbored all these years. But will revealing the truth leave Luna heartbroken? Or can she finally bury the past and help Angelo come home for good?

A native Texan, Alison Kent sold one of her over fifty published works live on the “Isn’t It Romantic?” episode of CBS’s 48 Hours. The resulting novel, Call Me, was a Romantic Times finalist for Best First Series Book. She was nominated for the national Quill Awards for her 2005 Kensington Brava release, The Beach Alibi. Striptease, part of her popular gIRL-gEAR series, was an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award nominee; and her 2009 novel, No Limits, was a Cosmopolitan Red Hot Read. Alison is also the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing Erotic Romance.

If there’s a better career out there than writing, Alison doesn’t want to know about it, as she’s quite happy putting pen to paper in the backyard of her Texas home. She lives with her petroleum geologist husband, three rescue dogs (one a Hurricane Katrina survivor), and a colony of not-quite-feral cats. She battles the heat each year to raise a bumper crop of tomatoes and jalapeño peppers.