Yaffa S. Santos is the author of a previous novel, A Taste of Sage. Born and raised in New Jersey, she is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied writing and visual art, and is a member of Romance Writers of America. In A Touch of Moonlight: A Novel (Harper Paperbacks), Larimar Cintrón works hard at three things: her job as brand manager for a corporate bakery chain; taking care of her parents and her “abuela”; and hiding that she’s a “ciguapa” – a mythical creature of Dominican folklore with long, straight hair and backward-facing feet. Larimar is a ciguapa only on full moons, but she feels like an outsider in her family the rest of the month, too. After meeting Ray, a bakery owner and fellow punk rock lover, Larimar thinks she may have finally found someone with whom she can be her true self. But when she discovers that her chain’s new location is right across from Ray’s bakery, she is torn between impressing her boss and saving Ray’s business. Embracing her magical nature may be the only way Larimar can have everything she wants.