The case of a missing violin is instrumental in bringing two people together when they should stay six feet apart.
COMING FALL 2026
By the fall of 2020, Evelyn James has perfected the art of staying home. Museums are shuttered, her conservation job is on hold, and working as a contact tracer keeps her almost as isolated as the people she tells to quarantine… until a private detective knocks on her door.
Patrick Duke is on the trail of a stolen Stradivarius violin. A former college athlete still treating life like a pickup game, he expects a lead from Evelyn, not a spark. Quiet, fierce, and upfront about her anxiety in a way Duke has never been about his own secret fears, their chemistry heats up as the mystery deepens, propelling them through the cautiously reopening streets of New York City and into each other’s beds.
That’s where it would usually end for Duke, but this time it’s different. These times are different, and so are his feelings for Evelyn. If his behavior isn’t different though, it’s still going to end the same…
Ashley Keller was prepared for the end of the world. She wasn’t prepared for Jake Parker to need her help surviving it.
Ashley and Jake survived the end of the world. Can they survive without each other?
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“It's a cautionary tale, a survival tale, a coming-of-age story, a love story.”
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“Prescient, thrilling, and consistently well-written! Will keep an eye out for the next one.”
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“Although primarily a love story, this book is sprinkled with a ton of useful information that could help anyone cope with an environment where grocery stores, schools, and gas stations stop functioning. It felt quite real…”
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“Dry unique read, very YA but with quite a bit of spice…”
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“This is one of the best novels I've read in a long time. An apocalypse end-of-the-world (TEOTWAWKI) coming-of-age story that is exciting, sweet, and smart.”
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“Dystopian fiction is my favorite genre, and I love the steamy romance that has been incorporated into this series. There is mention of another book to come, and I honestly can't wait.”
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“One of the things I loved about Prepper were all of the little details about preppers and about “how we got here” that Gilronan has packed into the book, and those things have returned in this book. Once again, I learned so much.”
Hi! I’m Kate
Gilronan.
Kate Gilronan’s preferred mask is the N95 Aura by 3M. She likes matcha, manual transmissions, and quick-witted television.
Her previous books, PREPPER and SURVIVALIST, are YA romance novels that drew on Kate’s creative and emergency management background and got her into prepping a year or two before the covid-19 pandemic, so that was lucky. She and her husband have three kids, two dogs, one cat, and a house that is always in some level of disarray.
I do not use AI to write or edit any of my work, and my cover designers are real human people who also do not use AI on my work.