If you think a romance with a zombie as the hero is a little weird, you’re not alone … but you’ll be surprised at how sexy he is.

*****

Romance author Simone Kent thinks she might just have found the most perfect guy in all of New York City – in bed and out.

But Drake Parrish is about as far from perfect as any man can get. Eight years ago, he was cursed by an evil Voodoo priestess to live part of his life as a zombie. Since then, he has lived like a recluse on New York’s Upper East Side, afraid to go out for fear he’ll suddenly turn into one of the walking dead.

The sex is the hottest either of them has ever experienced and Simone discovers just how naughty she can be with Drake, while he finds himself feeling things for Simone he hasn’t felt in a very long time. When the Voodoo priestess learns of their relationship, however, she comes after him again. She’s determined he won’t have a future with Simone, even if that means killing both him and the woman he loves.

Tyler might have made Drake into a caricature of a despicable rake, self-centered and callous, but it just makes his punishment that much more enjoyable.  And while I think he got fair retribution for his awful treatment of others, his growth is sweet.  We jump forward eight years from the point that he’s cursed but you know those years were very lonely and lead to quite a bit of introspection – plenty of time to realize what an awful person he was.  And although he may be a completely different person now, he still has a life-time sentence of loneliness and seclusion.  He lives his life alone, with the occasional late night trip outside and all of his food delivered to his door.  He has only one friend that knows his secret, a PI that is trying to help him find the voodoo priestress who cursed him, then he meets Simone.

Simone has had a bad luck picking partners but she has no idea what she’s gotten herself into this time.  They always tell you if it is too good to be true then it probably is, and Drake definitely has a down-side.  But Simone is witty, smart and sexy, and after years alone she’s more than Drake can resist.  Even though they click right away, you know they have to deal with his curse and the first hurdle is whether Simone can handle his affliction …. and it only gets more dangerous when the voodoo priestess makes an appearance again to continue her punishment of Drake.

On the run from real zombies out to kill them, as well as a voodoo priestess with a grudge, Drake and Simone have a hard road ahead of them to find their happy ending.  Dead Sexy may seem an odd idea for a romance, but somehow it works and we’re given a story full of suspense, super-hot sex and a sweet love story.