Zero Day Frost

The sun has set on the Empire. The Aether-Furnace is dead. And in the frozen silence of the apocalypse, the only heat left is forbidden.Vesta is a scholar of heat, but she has never known fire like this. As the Runesmith of the Alchemical District, Vesta spent her life in the safety of a tower. But when the Great Aether-Furnace dies, logic freezes along with the city. The 'Zero Day Frost' strikes instantly, turning the capital into a graveyard. Fleeing the screaming city and the rising dead who hunger for warmth, Vesta finds sanctuary in an abandoned lodge on the edge of the wilderness.Rook is a survivor of the cold, and he knows exactly what it takes to stay alive. A Scavenger from the lawless North, Rook is everything Vesta is not: brutal, instinctive, and scarred. He views the soft, terrified scholar as a liability. But as the temperature plunges to lethal depths and the Cryo-Necrosis creatures scratch at the door, he realizes she is his only chance at survival.Survival demands proximity. Passion demands everything else. Trapped in a blizzard that consumes the world, Vesta and Rook are forced into a desperate pact. To survive the night, they must share the only warmth available: their bodies.What begins as clinical necessity quickly ignites into a primal, consuming hunger. Stripped of their defenses and isolated in the dark, the Runesmith and the Scavenger discover a connection that defies the laws of thermodynamics. But the storm outside is relentless, and the frozen dead are gathering.In a world turned to ice, love is the only dangerous weapon left.ZERO DAY FROST is the first book in the Zombie series, a dark, magi-punk fantasy romance that blends post-apocalyptic survival with searing steam.Readers who love these tropes will devour this book:Magi-Punk Apocalypse SettingForced Proximity & 'Body Heat' SurvivalGrumpy Scavenger x Sunshine ScholarHigh Heat & Primal PassionTerrifying Frozen Zombie LoreJoin the Coven now to enter the freeze-if you can handle the heat.