In book 4 of the Midnight's Edge series, Shelly Hawkins-Wickcliff finds herself trapped in an unfamiliar realm with strangers from the past, desperate to protect her son, Freddy, from the clutches of Jeremy Wickcliff's deranged sister, Rachel.

Meanwhile, Jeremy's plans to manipulate his son, Jason, into allowing his spirit to live on in Jason's body are thwarted by Kasey Menze's father, Damon Shields, who plans to vanquish Jeremy's spirit from the mortal realm and Kasey, allowing Kasey to reclaim his life. In the spirit realm, Kasey anxiously awaits to return to the mortal realm with unexpected results, as Jeremy and Damon square off in an encounter that only one of them will survive.

The Wickcliff ancestors plot with the help of Reed Withers to bridge the gap between the spirit realm, where they are held captive in the family cemetery, and the mortal one, to seek sweet revenge against the town that once banished them. The citizens of Sleepy Meadows soon realize they are running out of time, as another dark force emerges from the past, a secret that may be worse than the Wickcliffs.