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The widowed Doctor Dante Rivera is forced to leave his home in Pamplona, Spain when he is thrown into a politically charged circumstance that threatens his life and those of his two small children. A timely request for a doctor from a clinic in Napa Valley, California seems a godsend. Dr. Rivera and his children emigrate to the Napa Valley to start a new life. There he meets the love of his life, the young Juanita Delgado. Their meeting begins the saga of these two Californian families and their multigenerational struggle spanning from 1855 to 1967. Cultural restraints, heartbreaking circumstances, prejudice, war, and reversal of fortune keep lovers apart while the mystery of their love lives on.

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Bihr spins a breathing, shifting American epic tale of two families tossed together by fate whose lives are permanently affected by an enduring love denied. As powerful and fearless as the history of the West and all those who lived it, her telling is as intimate and heartbreakingly familiar in detail as the stories of our own lives. -- Ellen Lutter, Costume Designer Katie Bihr entrapped me in her romantic and tangled tale, floating effortlessly between time, sitting on the edge of my seat then curled up under a blanket...a book I shall cherish and read again and again...will truly stand the test of time itself. -- Kim Collea, Film Producer Bihr writes from a wellspring of deep humanity, as if drawing buckets of insight and shared experiences upwards towards the illuminating light. The story is skillfully woven and paced with a restrained necessity, leaving the impression that one has revisited a vital memory rather than experience a work of fiction. There is an engagingly unapologetic truth to her characters, who dance across years and reveal themselves as wholly formed yet imperfect reflections of the world built around them. Bihr's writing entices the reader to follow her down the chosen path, and demands that we peek eagerly around each bend. -- Wolfe Coleman, writer, Shades of Blue (2016), Los Alamos (2016) and Undrafted (2016) Kathryn Bihr is a true storyteller of our time. Phantom Moon takes us through generations of love and loss as a reflection of the American Dream. This is not only an absorbing love story, but a classic study of human behavior when placed under societal pressures. She takes us on a journey through time from the 1800s in Spain to the 1960s in California, following the Rivera and Delgado families. She fluently weaves stories of history with the present, with such an overall romantic yet heartbreaking presence. Each character and their story is unique yet undoubtedly relatable. Bihr's powerful voice and usage of such lush detail to describe each family and their struggles over different generations, reminds us of the one universal truth we can all relate to--love. -- Alexandra Brown, TV Producer

Bihr spins a breathing, shifting American epic tale of two families tossed together by fate whose lives are permanently affected by an enduring love denied. As powerful and fearless as the history of the West and all those who lived it, her telling is as intimate and heartbreakingly familiar in detail as the stories of our own lives. -- Ellen Lutter, Costume Designer Katie Bihr entrapped me in her romantic and tangled tale, floating effortlessly between time, sitting on the edge of my seat then curled up under a blanket...a book I shall cherish and read again and again...will truly stand the test of time itself. -- Kim Collea, Film Producer Bihr writes from a wellspring of deep humanity, as if drawing buckets of insight and shared experiences upwards towards the illuminating light. The story is skillfully woven and paced with a restrained necessity, leaving the impression that one has revisited a vital memory rather than experience a work of fiction. There is an engagingly unapologetic truth to her characters, who dance across years and reveal themselves as wholly formed yet imperfect reflections of the world built around them. Bihr's writing entices the reader to follow her down the chosen path, and demands that we peek eagerly around each bend. -- Wolfe Coleman, writer, Shades of Blue (2016), Los Alamos (2016) and Undrafted (2016) Kathryn Bihr is a true storyteller of our time. Phantom Moon takes us through generations of love and loss as a reflection of the American Dream. This is not only an absorbing love story, but a classic study of human behavior when placed under societal pressures. She takes us on a journey through time from the 1800s in Spain to the 1960s in California, following the Rivera and Delgado families. She fluently weaves stories of history with the present, with such an overall romantic yet heartbreaking presence. Each character and their story is unique yet undoubtedly relatable. Bihr's powerful voice and usage of such lush detail to describe each family and their struggles over different generations, reminds us of the one universal truth we can all relate to--love. -- Alexandra Brown, TV Producer

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My Scot-Irish mother loved to tell stories. Usually they were about family and always with elaborately stretched truths woven into their fabric which changed with each telling. I inherited her love for storytelling.

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