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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

At the edge of their valley, they paused. The familiar hum of the heartstone vibrated gently through the trees. The canopy above them had changed - flowers in full bloom, vines hanging low and ripe, colors more vivid than before. The valley, like them, had evolved.

Sophie was the first to speak. "We should mark it. The passage. The beginning."

"Something that shows we remember," said Stella, running her fingers through Grace's golden hair.

"A ritual?" Scarlet asked, a mischievous smile tugging at her lips.

Zoey tilted her head toward Jude. "What do you think?"

He stepped forward and bent down, pressing his palm into the moss where the path ended. "We don't mark it with words," he said. "We mark it with each other."

He looked up. "Tonight, we join again. Not because we must. But because we can. Because the island is ready to carry us forward. And we're ready to carry each other."

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