But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune and now plans to marry her niece off for money. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls.
The place is New Victoria - a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead - or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie? “A zombie romance? You bet.Love conquers all, so they say. “A zombie romance? You bet.” -Library Journal full of ingenious inventions and dynamic characters.”-RT Book Reviews Nora and Bram’s touching and tender relationship, with its emphasis on equality and living in the moment, feels particularly special.”- Publishers Weekly But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.īONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Lia Habel's Dearly, Beloved.
Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. But like the rest of his special undead unit, Bram has been enabled by luck and modern science to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble. Now she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting a fatal virus that raises the dead. To Nora, no fate could be more horrible-until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses. But the death of her beloved parents leaves Nora at the mercy of a social-climbing aunt who plans to marry off her niece for money. Sixteen-year-old Nora Dearly is far more interested in her country’s political unrest than in silly debutante balls. The place is New Victoria-a high-tech nation modeled on the mores of an antique era. A classic romance, suspense thriller, rip-roaring adventure, and macabre comedy all at once, Dearly, Departed redefines the concept of undying love.ĬAN A PROPER YOUNG VICTORIAN LADY FIND TRUE LOVE IN THE ARMS OF A DASHING ZOMBIE?
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