by C.M. Adams
Series: After the End #1
If you loved Until the End of the World’s aching romance, Flame in the Mist’s fierce defiance, The Dead Tossed Waves’ crumbling refuge, and Z Nation’s dark humor…
welcome to After the End, where danger flirts, desire bites back, and survival always costs something.
The world has fallen to the dead. Cities crumble, silence reigns, and survival depends on how far you’re willing to go to keep breathing.
Gwen knows this better than anyone.
She’s lived by two rules since the outbreak began: nowhere is safe — only safer — and people will do anything to survive.
When a walled city offers refuge from the chaos, she takes the risk, hoping for rest in the ruins. But behind the barricades lie secrets and desperation waiting to rot through the walls. When safety proves an illusion, Gwen must choose: remain in a city destined to fall, or return to the wasteland that never promised mercy.
Then there’s him — the man she should fear, but can’t stop wanting. Dangerous. Defiant. Unforgivably alive.
Together, they’ll face the kind of threats that no wall can hold back — both outside the city and within their own hearts.
Out there, the dead are predictable. It’s the living she doesn’t trust — especially the man whose dark past and infuriating charm might be the only thing standing between her and the grave.
In a world where survival means sacrifice, and love is the most dangerous risk of all, Gwen must decide what’s worth saving… and who she’s willing to burn for.
A gritty, slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance for readers who crave danger, dark humor, and a spark that refuses to die.
Genres: Dark Romance, Sci-Fi/Science Fiction Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Dystopian, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Dystopian Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic
Tropes: Obsessed MMC, Trafficking, Rivals to Lovers, Trauma Recovery, Opposites Attract, Trauma Rep, Trauma Bonding, Overcoming Trauma, Trauma, Love in the Trenches, Strong FMC, Post-Apocalyptic, Survival, Complex trauma, Dystopian Society, Roadtrip, Fighting for survival, loss of control, Apocalypse, Trauma Healing, Intrusive Thoughts, Military
200 pages
Published: 2024-09-04