BARELY ALIVE Interview and Giveaway!
Barely Alive (book #1)In twelve weeks, seventeen-year-old Paul Ledger will be dead. At least he hopes so.
Paul is trapped in the worst cult the United States has ever seen. Infected with a zombie virus, symptoms culminate in a dead body but thriving mind over a course of twelve weeks. If he doesn’t earn the final death he longs for, he’ll be chained in a basement facility, moaning for human flesh for eternity.
Sent out to kidnap girls for food, toys, or whatever the boss wants, Paul nabs Heather McCain. He’s not a fan of humans as a general rule, but even his graying skin and insatiable hunger for her flesh don’t stop her from reaching out to him. Give him the second chance he doesn’t know he needs.
Overcome by his cravings, Paul bites her delectable skin. Amazingly, she doesn’t develop the zombie-like side effects. When the boss discovers Heather’s immunity, he gives Paul an ultimatum – deliver up Heather and her family to continue the research or watch as Paul’s brother suffers the zombie fate.
Paul has a chance to endure his short zombie existence knowing his brother is safe. But he’ll have to sacrifice Heather to do it.
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Falling Apart (book #2)
Days slip through Paul’s graying fingers. Humanity faces the end. His brother has the virus and is dying, too.
Paul’s hopes ride on Heather’s genetic code. Her immunity leaves her unchanged and untouchable. What would she see in the zombie he was becoming anyway?
Dominic’s army of infected grows, capturing the south and leaving little alive in its wake.
While Paul and his friends work on the vaccine, protecting the north becomes protecting the world. Heather is taken hostage and Paul races toward Dominic to save his heart.
With his time “alive” shortened, Paul must do more than protect the uninfected. He has to get his brother and Heather back to Sandpoint before the zombies find them. Paul needs to survive the upcoming war before he finds himself defecting to the other side and leaving Heather to Dominic’s mercy.
He has three days to get the cure or he might as well find a fire to call home.
*This has mature themes and language. Not for young or pre-teens.*
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Mostly Dead (book #3)
Time is running out and Paul’s original wish for death looms.
As his skin grays and hunger becomes uncontrollable, the world burns.
Heather and Paul have fallen for each other, but with life and death barricading them apart, and the potential cure disappearing into time, they have no hope.
Paul’s hunger is all-consuming. He has to walk into the flames, join Dominic, or eat everyone he loves.
Can he save anyone, if not himself?
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Viral Intent (Prequel short)Dominic has no remorse, no guilt, and his righteous justification swells as his research goes unchecked. There’s someone Dominic wants to save, and he may have the cure. But now he needs test subjects.
He creates a virus that brings about the zombie apocalypse. There’s no excuse for how he treats Paul and humanity itself, but understanding the man might shed light on the evolution of the virus that brings Paul and Heather together.
Discover the how and why behind Dominic’s evil actions. Are you brave enough to see how a Zombie Master is born?
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Bonnie R. Paulson mixes her science and medical background with reality and possibilities to make even myths seem likely and give every romance the genetic strength to survive. Bonnie has discovered a dark and twisty turn in her writing that she hopes you enjoy as much as she has enjoyed uncovering it. Dirt biking with her family in the Northwest keeps her sane.
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Enjoy this fascinating excerpt!!
Bonnie stopped by to give us a little glimpse into her books and writing life!
Welcome, Bonnie!
Tell us about your series BARELY ALIVE.
Oh, man. Barely Alive is my “what if” series. I couldn’t help but think there had to be more to zombies than eating brains and death. Where was the romance? Barring necrophilia (ew!) how could zombies be potentially sexy and hopeful while they craved eating the dead? Well, Paul visited me in my dreams and there you have it! I wish sometimes I was Heather.
The series is about a young man infected with a virus that gives super-human strength for a period of time and then the body dies while the mind continues on. He craves meat, too. But Heather is immune. And Paul wants longer with her than his limited time period. I love the bad guy, Dominic – who is a real creep – and Paul’s brother, James. Overall, this series is a favorite project of mine. I hope you like them, too! I love them so much!
What inspired you to write about zombies?
Vampires have been done. Werewolves have been done. Ghosts, witches, etc. seemed to all have been done and romanticized. I wanted a challenge and what’s more challenging than a dead body?
What makes your zombie mythology different from others?
Mine is scientifically possible – much like the zombies in I am Legend starring Will Smith. There is a virology capability inside my story that people need to be aware of. All too often, the public is kept in the dark about experiments gone bad – well, in Barely Alive, that’s pretty much exactly what happens. Fortunately, there may just be a way out of the pandemic sweeping across the world.
How does your background in science inform your fiction?
I have a strong background in genetics, virology, microbiology, as well as biophysiology. Fortunately, I altered things I’ve learned and pushed things further than they have been explained or learned in order to create this virus. Scarily enough, this is just possible enough that it could happen. FREAK ME OUT!
We all have our weaknesses: what ‘thing that goes bump in the night’ is your particular terror? Ghosts, vampires, zombies, clowns or none of the above?
None of the above. What scares me are the crazies that live next door, or the nice man who is harboring sex slaves in his basement that he’s kidnapped and no one knows about – recent discoveries of the three women having been discovered after 10 years of torture and abuse have only made me realize how scary these true monsters are. I’d rather read and write about the fiction ones.
