She made a deal with death. He made a deal with her heart.
Elena Cross is twenty-six years old, and she is dying. With a terminal diagnosis of six months and no way to afford the treatment that could save her, she is forced to seek out the impossible: a legend whispered in the shadows about a man who can trade time for a price.
Enter Lucian, the enigmatic keeper of the "Between Place"-a silent, grey realm that exists on the razor's edge of life and death. He offers Elena a bargain: her illness will vanish, but in exchange, she must spend one hour of every night in his world for one year.
As the sun sets and the midnight hour approaches, Elena steps out of her reality and into Lucian's stillness. But the Between Place is not just a sanctuary; it is a boundary under threat. Lucian has been watching Elena since the day she was born, and the true reason he chose her involves a rare quality of her soul that could either mend the fading fabric of the afterlife or consume them both.
In this atmospheric tale of sacrifice and supernatural secrets, Elena must discover if the life she bargained for is worth the heart she is beginning to lose to the entity who kept the boundary.
Perfect for fans of atmospheric dark fantasy and slow-burn paranormal romance, The Midnight Bargain explores the thin line between surviving and truly living.