Bound and Unbound: A paranormal novella duology
Ali Hazelwood
Zomromcom
by Olivia Dade
About this book
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An Instant USA Today Bestseller!
Teaming up with your neighbor during a zombie outbreak is a no-brainer, but if it turns out he’s a vampire . . . the stakes couldn’t be higher, in this infectious new paranormal romance from the USA Today bestselling author of Spoiler Alert.
When Edie Brandstrup attempts to save her sweet, seemingly harmless human neighbor from the first major zombie breach in two decades, she’s stunned to be saved by him—and his ridiculously large sword—instead. As it turns out, he's actually a super-old, super-surly vampire. But for all her neighbor's newly revealed cynicism and lethality, Gaston "Max" Boucher (yes, Gaston) is unexpectedly protective. He wants her to stay in his safety bunker until the breach is resolved. Edie can’t risk more innocent people getting killed, though—and Max won’t let her save them alone.
As they unravel a sinister conspiracy to set zombies loose on the world (again), the duo meet a host of lovable allies and discover they're not the only ones willing to fight for the future of humanity. Despite the awful timing, Edie finds herself falling for the vampire who’s helping her save the world . . . but all their dangerous plans could end their future before it even begins. As she and Max battle side by side, Edie must decide whether having a love worth living for also means having a love you'd die for—and, in a world that grows deadlier by the minute, whether that’s a risk she’s willing to take.
- Publication Date
- May 25, 2026
- ASIN
- 0593818202
Reader Reviews
August 14, 2025
I absolutely loved this book. It's my favorite book so far of 2025 and that's saying something, considering how many I've blown through so far this year and some by truly wonderful authors. I love all Olivia Dave's work. And All The Feels and At First Spite are favorites; and I don't know that I had any real expectations for her first foray into paranormal... but, Dade, you done outdone yourself. Spoilers lie ahead, so stop reading here if you don't want exposed to them. The zom is zomming--...
September 19, 2025
Edie makes a living crafting and selling custom and unique soaps. She's one of the few living in her zone of the Containment Zone. And what is the Containment Zone? Oh, it just holds failed government/military experiments that twisted into violent, feral zombies. Oh yeah. Zombies. Not your run of the mill lumbering dead though. No, these zombies tend to run on all fours and are fast and vicious. And randomly spit words in French. Edie and Max the vampire team up rather reluctantly, at least at...
February 25, 2026
That was a rollercoaster. Edie is definitely a lot to take and Max was adorable. First time reading this author and I'm wondering if this is her writing style. Jokes and irreverent banter. Weird characters and weird interactions. Liked the different mythology of species. Born vampires and trolls that live in condos lol Lovely HEA but seems like it was a cliffhanger..? )
August 6, 2025
Olivia Dade may have asked herself, what if The Walking Dead had a baby with True Blood and it came out a rom com? What if fat women had post-apocalypse adventures and got the hunky vampire too? She may have asked herself those questions and then written Zomromcom. Dade opens with Edie going after a zombie with a burrito to protect her seemingly oblivious neighbor, Chad. Chad is not only not Chad, he is also not oblivious. He is a vampire named Max* and furious that Edie would try to protect...
August 8, 2025
4.5 ⭐️ This was a good book, although it jumps right into the story without much background. It fills in some of that later though, but we don’t get a ton of world building. That isn’t a huge issue though as the characters really carry the story. Edie is a soap maker who tries to save her neighbor Chad from a zombie attack I was a little confused at first about “Chad” and why he Max adopted that persona but it’s explained later. We learn that “Chad” is really Gaston Maxime “Max” and he’s been...
