Mystic Moon

Native American #1

by Patricia Simpson

His life changed by a brush with death, outcast Carter Greyson is drawn into a mystery that brings him face-to-face with Dr. Arielle Scott, who seeks the wise mentor who guided her through her college years. Original.

Genres: Romance

354 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 28, 1996

About the author

Patricia Simpson grew up in the wilderness of Western Montana, where it meant a 3-1/2 hour drive just to buy shoes. When she was young, the iPod hadn't yet been invented, and there were no radio stations in the area, so on the many long drives for shoes, Patricia amused herself by reading novels or creating her own stories in her head. She was encouraged to write by her sister, who always asked to be read what she had written so far that day, her Egyptian-born English teacher in junior high, and then again by a creative writing professor at the University of Washington. Instead of seeking a writing degree, Patricia chose to pursue a BA in Art and has worked as a graphic artist/web developer at the University of Washington since 1982. Patricia still enjoys painting almost as much as she loves to write.

Ms Simpson has won numerous awards for her fiction, including Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award, Career Achievement Award, and has been a finalist in the RITA awards and for Best Indie Paranormal of the Year.

Her Scottish husband encourages her to accompany him on his frequent business trips around the world, and whenever possible Patricia goes with him to scope out spooky historical places to use as the settings of her books.

Reviews

[Alexia · Rating 1 out of 5]

i feel compelled to write a plot synopsis so here goes:
When our heroine Arielle was 19 she was shipwrecked on an island where she learns some life lessons by a mystical (kinda sexy??) native american man named Mack, who was living in exile on the island for undisclosed reasons. Ten years later Arielle is a lonesome lady doctor who doesn't wanna waste her time with immature men.
The guy is named uhhh Carlson or something, i forgot. He's troubled. He had a white mother and an absentee father who is implied to be black (sort of). He had some form of anemia, but received a bone marrow transplant that transformed him somehow from "ugly" and ethnically ambiguous into a sexy indigenous man, somehow. According to his doctors, these things happen. Also he intermittently hears wolves howling IN HIS MIND (there are no werewolves in this story btw, sorry).
Arielle works once a week at the clinic on the rez (for the fictional Saquinnish tribe). Mack is from there so she's hoping to reunite with him. However his file is missing from the clinic and nobody wants to talk about him.
A bunch of stupid stuff happens in between but I don't actually care about writing all this anymore.
In the end it turns out that the sort-of villain of the story has stolen a bunch of artifacts from the tribe and sold them to the other, more lecherous villain, and framed Mack for it.
Eventually our heroes locate Mack, exonerate him, and its also revealed that Mack is the sexy guy's father and bone marrow donor. The end.

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was a lot more interesting than the book was once it reached its center arc. It didn't drag along necessarily, but there was nothing to grab and addict you. I read out of mild interest to see what would happen later, but not because I was dying to know once things got heated up.

Still, characters were enjoyable, especially the main hero of the story, as he was flawed. The heroine was a little less likable as she had more of a one-dimensional goodness. Ending was a cliffhanger and trails more of the story I'd like to read.

Expected a bit more with the wolf angle in this one and, after the first half of the book, it seems almost an afterthought until the end. Literally, a conversation brought it back to my mind, "Oh Yeah! I had forgotten about the WOLVES." They were not present highly in the story and actually have only a small part to do with it.


Writer is talented with words and the pace is always swift, so while the story doesn't always grab you or keep and hold you, it won't bore you.