Candace Marshall Chronicles

I was the bravest, fiercest warrior, singlehandedly stopping the zombie apocalypse and earning the respect and admiration of those who fought with me. Just kidding. I pretty much peed my pants and wasted a ton of ammo. At least everyone else shot what they, were aiming at. Me? Not so much. This is my story-me, Candace Marshall, the world's biggest scaredy-cat, facing my biggest fear. Zombies. It was awesome. (As in, not at all.) Candace Marshall hates zombie movies. She hates anything scary, in fact. In his usual, not-so-thoughtful way, her boyfriend surprises her with advanced screening tickets to the latest zombie flick, complete with interactive features and a tour. She refuses to watch it, but it doesn't matter. Horror becomes reality when an experiment gone wrong transforms her peaceful town into a mess of slathering zombies. Thrown together with the only other survivor, Gavin Bailey, her favorite actor and secret crush, she somehow fights her way through the mess, making plenty of blunders and surprising herself with... courage? But, just when Candace thinks it can't get worse than zombies, it does.

"Dare to spend the night in mysterious Rutherford Hall! When? The 175th anniversary of the Rutherford family's unsolved murder. Ghosts guaranteed. Cash prize: $5,000. Want more, deets? Ask Tyler, Stewart, or James." I laughed aloud as I read the flyer. Yeah, right. To think that I, Candace Marshall, world's biggest scaredy-cat, would go anywhere near some haunted house, much less spend the night in one. I crumpled the stupid thing, pitched it in the nearest trashcan, and went on my merry, oblivious, and soon-to-be-scared-out-of-my-mind way. Candace Marshall doesn't do ghosts. Or, zombies. Or, vampires. Or, mummies. Anything scary, really. When she finds herself signed up for a dare she's gone out of her way to avoid, things spiral out of control. Quickly. Stuck in a mansion alongside a vengeful spirit, a miffed boyfriend, and a room full of people she doesn't know or even like (if she's being completely honest here), she must decide whether to act brave or let the coward within show. Or, kill the person who got her involved in the first place.