Samantha Clark has always known she was different. Brought up in a loveless household, she can almost forgive herself for turning to an abusive boyfriend to help give her the roots and love she desperately needs. But that solution turns violent, and Sami is on the run, turning to a college friend who offers her a new hope at 'family'.
Finding the place where she now lives abhorrent does nothing to foster Sami's recovery from the former abuse. Even her friends strike her as an oddly reclusive bunch, except for their unofficial mentor. With Michael, she feels a real bond. But as her relationship deepens with the entire group, she begins to wonder at their odd ways.
Set in rural Kentucky in 1985, Midnight eschews the typical cardboard cutouts of the old Dracula image. Under the careful tutelage of her friends, Sami awakens to her vampiric nature and also sheds her past perceptions of who she thought she had to be. Midnight is the inward journey of Sami's self-loathing, self-reflection, and eventual self-acceptance.
