My upcoming release, Apocalypse for Two, started with a single question: what happens when two people who can barely tolerate each other are forced to survive the end of the world together? From that spark, the story spiralled into something bigger — part horror, part romance, and entirely driven by the messy, reluctant partnership between Elena, a writer searching for quiet, and Colt, a survivalist influencer who accidentally becomes her only lifeline.
The idea came long before I knew the plot. I kept picturing two neighbours who wanted nothing to do with each other, then a single moment that pushed them together. From there, the tension built itself.
Their mistrust, their banter, the slow thaw as they realise they’re safer side by side than alone — that’s the heart of the book. The zombies, the danger, the winter setting: they all exist to press these two characters into choosing connection in a world that’s losing itself.
Apocalypse for Two also ties to my holiday novella, A Very Undead Christmas. You don’t need to read one to enjoy the other, but they share the same outbreak and a few quiet threads that hint at the larger world.
Think of this as the darker, longer, more emotionally layered companion to that story — the one where the stakes rise, the world expands, and survival becomes personal.
Writing this book has been intense in all the best ways. It blends fear with hope, friction with tenderness, and horror with the kind of romance that only grows when everything else is falling apart. I’m excited for you to meet Elena and Colt, and to step deeper into the world that started with one chaotic, very undead holiday season.
More details — including the release date and sneak peeks — are coming soon.