A Darker Shade of Dead » (Original)

Intrigue, terrifying betrayals, and a dangerously commanding hero make Bianca D'Arc's newest paranormal romance an irresistible temptation...

Tapped for a classified military program, Dr. Eileen McCormick has nothing left to lose. Bad enough her genetic experiments were used to turn innocent victims into zombies; worse still, a ruthless ex-colleague is threatening to expose her unless she joins his sinister research project. Now the only way she can set things right is to develop an antidote under the watchful blue eyes of Commander Matt Sykes. And the last thing Eileen needs is Matt's penetrating gaze, easy understanding, and compelling kiss uncovering all her deepest secrets...

Matt has a sixth-sense for lies as well as danger, and Eileen promises plenty of both. She's the only person who can eradicate the zombie virus before it reaches epidemic proportions, but he still can't let her passionate determination affect his steely cool...or keep him from discovering where her true loyalties lie. But as the clock ticks down, Matt and Eileen's uneasy trust may be their only way to avert catastrophe—if it doesn't get them killed first...

Praise for Bianca D'Arc

"D'Arc delivers a creepy and pulse-pounding story of danger." — Romantic Times on Half Past Dead

Publishers Weekly

Zombie fighters find love in the light, sexy sequel to April 2010's Once Bitten, Twice Dead. Dr. Sandra McCormick has been carrying a heavy load of guilt since she accidentally let loose the zombies created by her co-workers during a military experiment gone wrong. Haunted by the deaths of a platoon of Marines who faced those first zombies, Sandra is determined to make up for her mistakes while dodging her former collaborator, Rodriguez, but she can't reveal her part in the zombies' escape, especially if it would mean losing the respect of sexy military commander Matt Sykes. The story sometimes bogs down in pseudoscience and stilted dialogue ("I could shoot you both now, but that would feel sort of anticlimactic"), but plenty of zombie action and steamy romance keep it moving. (Nov.)