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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

Behind him, Lucy shifted closer, her fingers lacing through his. "She's in the in-between now."

Emma's eyes darted to her. "I didn't say yes."

"No," Lucy whispered. "But your heart did."

The air felt denser now, like the fog had slipped inside his lungs. The forest shimmered in the morning light, golden and strange, as if it had draped itself in a veil of silk and sound. The others - Rose, Grace, Stella, Zoey, Layla, Scarlet, Natalie, Susan - they weren't moving, but their presence pulsed like quiet thunder. Watching. Waiting. The unspoken invitation lingered in the air, the melody barely a breath beneath the surface of everything.

Sophie stepped beside him and knelt in front of Emma, brushing a few strands of hair from her face. "Are you still you?"

Emma searched her face. "I think I am."

"Then we're still in this together."

Emma sat up slowly, her limbs steady now, her breath controlled. "I don't want to give in."

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