Just Before Midnight

Native American #2

by Patricia Simpson

In this captivating follow-up to Mystic Moon, Patricia Simpson once again delivers a complex, romantic tale involving other worldly events in the Northwest. Evaline, a young Native-American woman, must confront her own ghosts in order to embrace lasting love.

She Had Forgotten Her Own Troubled Past...

Evaline Jaye's childhood on an Indian reservation had taught her the power of the supernatural. Then a shattering experience compelled her to part ways with her past and her heritage.

...Until An Unknown Force Helped Her Remember

As a physical therapist for a teenager injured in a mysterious accident, Evaline lives with the girl and her gruff but attractive father in a rustic cabin tucked away in the woods of Washington State. There, as Evaline attempts to help her young patient walk again, strange, inexplicable things begin to occur in the house. Soon she senses the presence of a spirit in the cabin...and an even stronger energy that awakens for the first time her own sensuality.

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 28, 1997

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.