Book release party! Laura Piper Lee's DOOMSDATE

UPDATE: Unfortunately, Ellie Palmer is no longer able to attend this event. Laura will now be joined in conversation with Máire Roche!

***

Join us to celebrate the release of DOOMSDATE, by Laura Piper Lee! Laura will be joined in conversation by Máire Roche, author of BROMANTASY.

Ticket cost includes a copy of DOOMSDATE, all preorder incentives (more info to come!), and entry to the event.

The plus-one ticket option is available as an add-on to a general admission ticket. Companion tickets include entry into the event conversation and signing line only. This ticket option does not include a book.

***

Event conversation will be followed by signing with both Laura and Máire. Your ticket comes with a copy of DOOMSDATE, along with the preorder incentives. Limited additional copies of both authors' previous titles will also be available for purchase on-site. (You may also bring from home.)

If you have your heart set on specific additional titles by either author, it is ***highly encouraged*** to preorder copies to be sure to have the specific one you seek!

Preorder Laura & Máire's books here!

Can’t make it to the event? Order signed copies from either author before September 8, 2026.

***

About DOOMSDATE:

When a first date between a doomsday prepper and a nerdy film professor goes horribly, zombie-apocalypse-level wrong, the mismatched pair team up on a road trip to safety in this delightfully feral rom-com.

With a new virus spreading and a lockdown on the horizon, Maisie Bennett is determined to check one item off her bucket list: Get laid. But that’s no easy feat for an anxious doomsday prepper who’s never made it past a first date. So when a handsome, stubbly-jawed professor swipes right and agrees to meet up, Maisie vows to act normal—and to leave her taser at home.

Dr. Everett Greer has lost all lust for life after a personal tragedy, but he doesn’t have the heart to stand up the poor woman his best friend catfished to force him back “out there.” Maisie turns out to be surprisingly lovely, but there's something off about her, too, with her clinking cargo pockets, shy smile, and utility belt full of—are those weapons? Unfortunately, their awkward first date goes from bad to doomed when the GI virus that’s trapped half of America in the bathroom starts claiming its first casualties, then reanimates them into flesh-eating zombies. And this is precisely why Everett doesn't date anymore.

As the country spins out of control, Maisie and Everett find themselves an unlikely team of two—well, three, if you count Everett’s cat, Chicken—as they travel north to hopeful safety. Along the way, Maisie and Everett make a deal: she’ll teach the soft, liberal arts professor how to survive, and he’ll teach her how to live—through movies, travel, and, to Maisie’s delight, sex lessons. But when their growing feelings are put to the test, they’re in danger of losing not only their brains to the zombies, but worse, their hearts to each other.

* * *

About the authors:

Laura Piper Lee has wanted to be an author since she was a kid. Well, she first wanted to be a mermaid, but that didn't work out. She enjoys making people laugh, flirting, and avoiding exercise, so writing romantic comedies like Hannah Tate, Beyond Repair; Zoe Brennan, First Crush; Pot Shot; and her forthcoming zombie apocalypse romcom Doomsdate is pretty much a perfect career choice. She lives with her partner and their son in Philadelphia. If anyone's rolling by the bagel shop, she'll have an everything toasted with butter.

Máire Roche is a former teacher who now dreams up new worlds and characters for a living. When she is not writing stories that are both magical and at least a little silly, Máire enjoys running, teaching martial arts, and curating a growing collection of memes for any occasion. Máire lives in St. Paul with her wife and their very disagreeable cat, Lulu. She also writes thrillers and mysteries under the name Mary E. Roach.