High school romance can be hell.

After years of enduring her mother's abuse, Cari has finally gotten what she's always wanted: a normal life. On hiatus from the Edensgate monster patrol, she's back in school and living with guardians who care about her. There's just one problem—she's bored out of her mind. And now that she's grounded for fighting (not her fault!), she's going to miss out on the one interesting that's happened all month: The Midwinter Dream Valentine's Dance. What's more, Rex is going—and he's got a date. Can it get any worse?

Of course it can. But the horrors that arise on that magical night will have to be faced without her. Because Cari senses something, a dark presence lurking just out of sight. And it's getting closer...

A Midwinter Nightmare is the fifth book in the Dead Mall novella series, where saving the world from the forces of evil is all in a night's work.