A Vampire Battles Zombies in Olivia Dade’s Paranormal Romance Zomromcom — Here’s a Sneak Peek! (Exclusive)

A Vampire Battles Zombies in Olivia Dade’s Paranormal Romance Zomromcom — Here’s a Sneak Peek! (Exclusive) “I set out to create a book that would make me laugh and swoon even on my most

challenging days,” Dade says of the book, out in summer 2025

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Olivia Dade has a new paranormal romance that’s sure to make you swoon!PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the bestselling author’s forthcoming novel, Zomromcom, which will arrive in

bookstores next summer.Edie Brandstrup is living in a world where zombie breaches are rare, but not unheard of. When the first one in 20 years occurs, Edie saves her neighbor, Max, only to

realize that he’s actually a vampire. Max is determined to keep Edie from harm, but she’s set on saving as many people as she can — and bringing Max along for the ride.

Olivia Dade.

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While on their mission, the duo learn that there’s an ongoing conspiracy to set zombies loose amongst society, They join forces with a group of allies and even as the world seemingly

crumbles down around them, Edie realizes that she might have feelings for Max — and that she must reckon with the meaning of love in dire times, too.

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Dade, who landed a hit with her 2020 romance Spoiler Alert, along with its sequels, All the Feels and Ship

Wrecked, tells PEOPLE that Zomromcom is as humorous as it is steamy."With Zomromcom, I set out to create a book that would make me laugh and swoon even on my most challenging days, in hopes

it might do the same for my readers,” the author says. “The joy of writing this story is splashed all over its pages, and I hope that joy is contagious in the best possible way! (Yes,

"contagious" is a zombie pun. I couldn't resist. Nor did I try.)"

Hungry for more? Read on for an exclusive excerpt from Zomromcom.

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Armed with a burrito, Edie rounded her car and sprinted to intercept the zombie.She’d prefer to be carrying the knife she brought with her on her daily zombie-scouting walks or the cleaver

she sometimes used to cut her soaps. Both weapons would actually kill zombies — by cutting off their heads or carving out their hearts, two of only three ways the creatures could be slain —

rather than simply sprinkling them with medium-hot corn salsa.Too bad Chad would be a headless corpse before she could grab either weapon.People used to picture zombies shuffling slowly

toward their victims, arms outstretched as they droned about brains, braaaaaains, but a secret, ill-fated government experiment had proven every- one wrong. She’d seen their startling,

terrifying speed for herself almost exactly 20 years before, back when she was 18, as she’d spotted the first gaunt, gray-pale creature racing silently on all fours toward—

PEOPLE Picks Our Staff's Favorite Romance Novels Didn’t matter. A burrito was what she had. Thus, a burrito she would use. Somehow. Even though the various self-defense courses she’d taken

had neglected sufficient coverage of the tortilla-wielding martial arts.Her sweet idiot of a neighbor stood on the unlit front porch of his dilapidated brick rancher as the sun dipped below

the horizon and shadows stretched to swallow him. Chad wore headphones and didn’t react to her shouted warning. No one else came running to help either, and no matter what happened, no one

would. There were 11 homes on their cul-de-sac, and only two were currently occupied. Hers. Chad’s.

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was the only one who could save him. Or at least attempt to save him.Oh gods, she didn’t want to die. But she couldn’t let someone else — anyone else — perish while she ran to rescue

herself. Not again.The creature was only a dozen long strides away from Chad now, lunging upward and onto its hind legs in preparation for the kill, elongated teeth yellowed and sharp and

bared, claws oustretched to rip Chad’s head from his absurdly broad shoulders before cracking his skull open like an egg and slurping down the tasty yolk of a brain.She skidded into the

zombie’s path, panting and terrified, and kicked it in the chest with every ounce of her strength and desperation.

James Bond but Make It Rom-Com: The Blonde Who Comes in from the Cold Brings Sexy Spy Vibes (Exclusive) Mistake. Big mistake. The creature stopped, true. But it stumbled maybe a half step

back and to the side, that was all, while the impact numbed her entire leg and jolted her off-balance. As she struggled to stay upright, to assume a defensive stance, the zombie growled

something hoarsely —Bonjour? That couldn’t be right.— its red-rimmed eyes now fixed on ... her. Which had been her intent, but still. S---.She swatted it across the snout with her

foil-wrapped burrito. Its stare narrowed, empty of anything but feral rage. As she took several hasty steps backward, the creature stalked forward, slowly now, still upright.

It could tear her to pieces whenever it wanted. It had time to play with its food.From ZOMROMCOM published by arrangement with Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright ©

2025 by Olivia Dade.Zomromcom will hit shelves on Aug. 5, 2025 via Berkley Trade Originals and is now available for preorder, wherever books are sold.

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