Publisher's Synopsis
Sweeping the country from Massachusetts to California, from the war fields of Virginia to the silver mines of the Utah Territory, "Beneath a Crescent Moon" is a vibrant, multicharactered novel of friendship, love, heartache and redemption.When Elizabeth is forced to leave her home and travel to California to live with the father she has never known, she finds herself welcomed by her new family and falling in love with Renaldo, her brother's best friend. But when war arises all their plans go awry.Renaldo's love for her brings him through the pains of war, sickness, imprisonment and degradation. When she receives no word of him for two months after the war ends, she gives up hope. Renaldo returns to find his dreams dashed, his love married to another.This is the story of a young Southern boy bent on vengeance, of a friend who finds love amid the pain and squalor of war and of Renaldo and Elizabeth who cannot let go of the love they know to be their destiny.
