DEAD AWAKENINGS by Rebekah R. Ganiere

Title:  DEAD AWAKENINGS
Series:  N/A
Author:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Publisher:  Samhain Publishing, Ltd.
Publish Date:   01.03.2014
Category /Genre:  Paranormal Romance
Recommended for:  18+ due to sexual content
Grammar/editing:  book received as an unedited ARC copy/ errors excused
Received from:  Rebekah R. Ganiere
Goodreads link:  Dead Awakenings
Date completed: 10.10.2022
 
Description from the publisher:
Being dead can be a great way to find yourself…
 
Struggling to pay her bills in New York, theater student Evaine Michaels sees an opportunity to make money by taking part in an unsanctioned clinical trial for a new drug. But things don’t go as planned. She wakes up in a derelict hospital, chained to a bed with no memory of who she is or how she got there. Then a band of pale-skinned men, led by the gorgeous Luca, bursts in and rescues her. Evaine is instantly attracted to Luca, but he’s so hell-bent on stopping the experiments, he has no time for the feelings she’s awakening within him.
 
Safely back at Haven House, Evaine is introduced to The Family and learns that the drug trials have made her a Deader, a reanimated Undead. Evaine and Luca find themselves getting close, until Evaine remembers not only who she is, but that she’s engaged. And her fiancé, Tristan, is probably still looking for her. Torn between her first love and her new heart’s desire, Evaine has some hard choices to make. But when a rogue faction of Deaders, called Feeders, attempt to kidnap her, Luca suspects Evaine might be the key to the experiments, and everyone must band together to keep Evaine off the cutting table…
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DEAD AWAKENINGS is a stand-alone story.  However, I think it needs to be the beginning of a series!
 
I don’t like zombie stories.  Especially after living through the recent pandemic!  Life is hard enough without adding in real-life flesh-eaters or blood-suckers or…
 
However, I loved this story.  It grabbed me from the beginning.  It is action-packed, romantic, full of friendships, and suspenseful.  There were times I felt like maybe I missed a prequel, but then I thought, “you’re not stupid, put the pieces together!” 
 
There is a HEA/HFN ending.  It could end here and be complete, but the ending is like life… it’s open to more.
 
Note:  While I received this book as a gifted ARC, my opinions are my own and are given freely.
 
Also from Rebekah R. Ganiere:
·         Christmas at Hart’s Lodge
·         Dead Awakenings
·         Loki (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #17)
·         Rekindling Christmas
·         Thor (Speed Dating with the Denizens of the Underworld #9)
Aether Pirate Chronicles:
1.      The Lady Fugitive
Dead Awakening Series:
1.      Kissed by the Reaper
2.      The Bride
3.      Rekindling
4.      Christmas Lodge
Fairelle Series:
1.      Red the Were Hunter
1.5 Yanti’s Choice
2.      Snow the Vampire Slayer
2.5  Jamen’s Yuletide Bride
3.      Zelle and the Tower
4.      Cinder the Fae
4.5 Jak the Giant Healer
5.      Belle and the Beast (Jan 2019)
5.5 Gerall’s Festivus Bride (Spring 2019
Otherworlder Series:
1.      Kidnapped at Christmas
2.      Vigilante at Valentine
3.      Massacre at Mardi Gras
4.      Hoodwinked at Halloween
Society Series:
1.      Reign of the Vampires
2.      Rise of the Fae
3.      Vengeance of the Demons
Wolf River Series:
1.      Promised at the Moon
2.      Cursed by the Moon
3.      Reclaimed from the Moon
4.      Taming His Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
5.      Unleashing Her Saber (Paranormal Dating Agency)
 

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