After The Virus Series by Cathleen Ross

The world's gone to hell, and her only chance of survival is the sexy, dominant soldier determined to keep her safe … Doctor Ruth Parker has always taken care of herself, and that's what she's doing now, hiding out in her apartment and avoiding her neighbours: once privileged Mosman residents, now flesh–eating braindeads, thanks to the virus that's turned her world -- and everyone else's -- to hell... moreThe world's gone to hell, and her only chance of survival is the sexy, dominant soldier determined to keep her safe … Doctor Ruth Parker has always taken care of herself, and that's what she's doing now, hiding out in her apartment and avoiding her neighbours: once privileged Mosman residents, now flesh–eating braindeads, thanks to the virus that's turned her world -- and everyone else's -- to hell. Captain Jack Lang has always taken care of others, and with the newly secured Base he and his loyal commandos control the only safe place in the city. But the Base has needs that he can't meet -- doctors. And women.So when he discovers Ruth and her two friends in an unsafe apartment, he brings them back to Base where he knows he can keep them safe, and where he will do anything to make them stay. Ruth is used to giving orders, not taking them, and the Captain's methods for making sure she stays put don't gel with her fierce independent streak. But the world has changed, and Jack will make Ruth understand that he is in charge and that her survival is more important than her control–freak tendencies -- even if he has to chain her to the bed to do it. less

The world’s gone to hell, and Helen MacKenzie's only chance of survival is the two sexy commandos determined to keep her safe by taking her to the newly secured Base. There's an unwritten rule at the Base where women are scarce. The soldier who finds a woman gets to keep her, only this time two commandos want Helen... moreThe world’s gone to hell, and Helen MacKenzie's only chance of survival is the two sexy commandos determined to keep her safe by taking her to the newly secured Base. There's an unwritten rule at the Base where women are scarce. The soldier who finds a woman gets to keep her, only this time two commandos want Helen.When zoologist Helen volunteers to remain at the zoo to protect the animals until help comes to rescue her from flesh-eating braindeads, she doesn't expect her work colleagues to turn too, thanks to the virus that’s changed her world -- and everyone else’s -- into a living hell. On the day Corporal Peter Clark and Corporal Adam Tenny rescue Helen, she doesn't know which commando she wants more, until she discovers she can have them both.Heat is a ten thousand word story that is linked to the novel, Base. less