RUN
NOLA Zombie Series #1
Gillian Zane

Zombies are on the loose in New Orleans and of all the End of the World scenarios, Alexis Winter wasn’t prepared for this one. But, an apocalypse is an apocalypse and she should have this covered. She has been “prepping” for the last three years. The problem is location and timing. She’s stuck downtown and she has to get to her house on the outskirts of the city so she can get her supplies and bug-in (for the “non-preppers” this means hole up and stay safe).

Agreeing to work on a Saturday is now coming back to bite her on the ass big time. Hopefully, it won’t be a literal bite by the walking dead.

Luck favors the prepared, and as luck would have it, it comes in the form of the ridiculously hot Blake Miller. Former military man, current mercenary, Blake Miller, the man with the plan, his goal: steal a boat and trek up the Mississippi until they find safety. Alexis thinks this is a great plan and she decides to team up with Blake. The two team up in unexpected ways as they find they can’t keep their hands off of each other even when the world is falling down around them.

Can Alexis and Blake survive the end of the world, and if they do make it through the night, find a place that is safe and secure? Can their newfound attraction lead them down the road to love or heartbreak?

Zombies, sex, romance and carnage…you can’t get any better than this.

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The first thing that caught my eye about this novella was the zombies, then NOLA, and I thought to myself “Why not?” This novella is short and filled with so many things. From the first paragraph the reader is thrust into a story that is fast forwarded. Everything happens quickly. Alexis is fighting her way to safety from the first moments of this story and I was interested to see which direction this story was heading. On one side, I appreciated Alexis candor and tenacity. She lived through Katrina, so she is prepared, a woman who can take care of herself in the face of disaster, not that zombies were what she anticipated coming her way. When she meets Blake they are in instant lust. This fact was probably my least favorite part of the story. They are all over each other and it seems almost like two stories are happening and fighting for the limelight. This veer towards a very sexy instant relationship was a bit hard for me to fuse within the story. I feel like the two storylines, the physical relationship and the zombie infested world of survival, could have blended a little better but I still enjoyed the overall story.

I loved watching the survival instinct unfold and the way that each character in this novella played a role. Blake and his team are the people you want on your side. In the process of finding a safe place, they find those in need of help along the way. I am interested to see what happens in the two next novellas. The ending was rather abrupt and not something that I was anticipating. I was a bit frustrated at how things went down and I am curious about Blake’s past and how the world is changing. I will definitely be reading the next novella and hoping for more excitement to come. If you love sexy zombie stories then make sure to check this one out!

Gillian Zane has been writing fiction stories since she was first able to put pen to paper. She has published a few non-fiction books in her field of study, which is Art, but finally, after all, these years her first fiction novella is being released. Gillian is obsessed with anything that gives her a thrill and feels adding romance to any storyline is a good thing. She was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana and couldn’t imagine living anywhere else. She lives with her husband, too many animals in a little house that has way too many books.

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