Ella, the Slayer
Serenity House, Book 1

The flu pandemic of 1918 took millions of souls within a few short weeks. Except it wasnt flu, and death gave them back. Seventeen-year-old Ella copes the best she can by caring for her war-injured father, scrubbing the floors, and slaying the undead that attack the locals. Like rats, these vermin spread pestilence with every bite. Ellas world collides with another when she nearly decapitates a handsome strangerone who is very much alive. Seth deMage, the new Duke of Leithfield, has returned to his ancestral home with a mission from the War Office: control the plague of vermin in rural Somerset. He needs help; he just didnt expect to find it in a katana-wielding scullery maid. Working alongside Seth blurs the line between their positions, and Ella glimpses a future she never dreamed was possible. But in overstepping societys boundaries, Ella could lose everythingher home, her head, and her heart.