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The world ended. His wife betrayed him. Now he’s stuck on a tropical island... with twelve beautiful women—and a deadly secret beneath the sand.

Jude thought escaping the zombie apocalypse on a cruise ship was salvation.
He was wrong.

After a cruel twist of fate leaves him stranded and betrayed, he wakes up on an island that seems like paradise—but the truth is far more dangerous.

He’s not alone.
Twelve mysterious women.
No way out.
And the undead? They're not the only threat hunting him.

Will Jude survive the secrets of the island… or become part of them?

Stuck in an Island with Twelve Beautiful Women

"You're all awake," Jude said, his voice even but firm. "You can stop pretending."

Rose stepped forward, letting her fingers trail over the flames. "We're not pretending, Jude."

Layla came beside her. "This is real. More real than you've ever felt."

Zoey's lips were parted, her eyes heavy-lidded, and even Natalie and Grace were moving toward him, slow and fluid, like dancers underwater.

"We saw it," Sophie said, lifting her chin. "The monster. You've seen it too."

Rose tilted her head, her golden hair tumbling over one shoulder. "Yes. And it's beautiful."

Jude felt Sophie tremble. "What is it?"

"A gift," Rose said. "A presence older than the island, deeper than the sea. It showed us what we are. What we can become."

"Is that what this is?" Jude asked. "Becoming?"

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