At a fading poolside lido on the Italian Riviera, brilliant law student Julian Vale expects a quiet summer away from pressure, ambition and the life waiting for him in London. Then he meets Mara, the mysterious woman serving enchanted gelato from a silver van, whose skin is always cold and who vanishes before midnight. When Julian discovers Mara melting into water beneath the moonlight, he accidentally swallows the frozen shard that keeps her alive, binding their hearts and desires together. As their attraction deepens, ancient seasonal courts close in, forcing them to challenge a magical treaty that could cost them both their lives. Told through alternating male and female perspectives, The Girl Who Melts at Midnight is a sensual, bittersweet romantasy of forbidden magic, dangerous intimacy and a love that may survive only in the stolen hours between dusk and dawn.