Books like 'Say You'll Stay: A Post Apocalyptic Romance'
Readers who enjoyed Say You'll Stay: A Post Apocalyptic Romance by Anna Callaway also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Nocticadia by Keri Lake
A dark, atmospheric tale of deadly secrets and forbidden love.Mortui vivos docent.The dead teach the living.After watching my mother succumb to a mysterious illness, I promised myself two things. I’d find the cure for what ravaged her. And leave the godforsaken city where she abandoned me...Categorized as:
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Thrum by Meg Smitherman
Ami awakes from years in stasis to find she’s the at the edges of deep space, and the only surviving member of her crew. Utterly alone and unable to contact Earth, she sends out a distress beacon, not expecting a response. When she gets one from a being who calls himself Dorian, she’s welcomed onto his ship as he offers his assistance in any way he can. But nothing on Dorian’s ship is as it seems...Categorized as:
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Interpreting Fate by Alexis B. Osborne
She’s been human trafficked to aliens, but a dashing space pirate captain has other plans for her when he robs her abductors. Delilah’s linguistic abilities have gotten her far in Starfleet. As far as an alien planet full of new languages and cultures to learn. But she never expected to be human trafficked by one of her own. Captain Lucien has been sailing space since he was a boy...Categorized as:
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Deadland's Harvest by Rachel Aukes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe seven deadly sins with a shambling twist.The bestselling Deadland Saga:Book 1: 100 Days in DeadlandBook 2: Deadland’s HarvestBook 3: Deadland Rising (late 2014)It has been one hundred days since the zombies claimed the world. Cash, along with forty-two survivors, have found safety in the secluded and well-guarded Fox National Park... -
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A Whisper in the Dark by Chani Lynn Feener
This is the omnibus version and contains all three books in the trilogy, including extended scenes and bonus material not found elsewhere! Hunter Thorn is on the run, living daily in fear of discovery and retaliation from the mafia leaders he once betrayed.Sanctum is a planet practically cut off from the rest of the galaxy, where ruthless people who can control the elements rule... -
The Depraved by Smauggy Universe
The Maid of Honor's job is never done...Nadine Etienne thought that hyper-focusing on work would help her to get over her recent breakup. But she couldn't possibly say 'no' to her childhood friend Kaitlyn when she asked her to be her Maid of Honor...Categorized as:
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Devil in the Details by Chani Lynn Feener
What happens when you don't recognize the monsters in your bed?Gael Thiago hates his job.More than that, he hates how confused he's gotten. The past year has been one of the most complicated of his life, and he's been left feeling adrift in more ways than one... -
Filthy Royal by Alison Aimes
The first time they met was all about pleasure. Then she betrayed him. So, now he’s back…to punish. And he plans to play dirty. Filthy, even.Meet Damien Skolov: ex-cage fighter, current family enforcer, hot-headed royal warlord. Sure, she broke his heart, but he’s over it now. This time, his return is all about the mission—and revenge...Categorized as:
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Protector: Treachery by Nora Ash
I created him. Put him back together when he was nothing but ripped muscle and snapped bones.I made him stronger. Faster. Lethal. I molded him into a weapon. And for three years, I controlled his every breath.He hates me for it.I hate him, too.When I was weak and desperate and thought I would die, he was the one who came for me... -
Protector: Bound by Nora Ash
I had it so wrong.For three years I had him on his knees, subjugated to my will. All that lethal power mine to command.I thought him tamed.I didn’t know the man who played my captive all those years. I didn’t know what he was truly capable of.Now I’m the one subjugated, dependent on his protection.Hate me as he might, I know he’ll keep me safe. But the price?My heart...Categorized as:
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Alien Most Wanted: Caged Beast by Honey Phillips
One minute Amanda is crying over a Hallmark movie and binging chocolate. The next she is being offered as a prize to the winner of a brutal contest in an alien prison. And the biggest, scariest alien of them all just won her...A cheating boyfriend is the least of Amanda's worries when an alien appears in her living room. Discovering she has been sold to an alien prison is terrifying... -
Milked for the Holidays by Vivian Murdoch
This ain’t your Santa’s milk and cookies…All I wanted for Christmas was to share the holiday season with someone special.I definitely did not expect that someone to be a giant blue alien who plans to use my body for its most base, humiliating functions.Milk and pleasure. That is my life on Icora. My entire purpose...Categorized as:
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The Omega Within by Carolyn Faulkner
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsOlly, dressed as a young boy to keep her identity as an unclaimed omega a secret, is searching for food when she is grabbed and taken to Garron, the great commander, to work for him as a bought and paid for servant. But when he discovers who and what she really is, he wastes no time in claiming her for his own... -
His Human Slave by Renee Rose
Collared and caged, his human slave awaits her training. Zander, the alien warrior prince intent on recovering his planet, needs a mate. While he would never choose a human of his own accord, his physician's gene-matching program selected Lamira's DNA as the best possible match with his own... -
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Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
Shanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.”The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath...Categorized as:
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Seraph by Lily Mayne
I’ve already mentally prepared myself to kill the screaming, murderous monster in the cage outside our camp.I’m used to it. It’s what I do here. Kill monsters and other people. And this monster, Seraph, is particularly unstable—has been since the moment he arrived from Collector Mary’s monster menagerie to the west, where the military stashed him away.He’s in pain. I can see it...Categorized as:
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Darkness by Laurann Dohner
Kat’s boss wants dirt on the NSO. She is sent to Homeland undercover but everything goes wrong as soon as she enters the front gates. She is arrested by a big, powerful, sexy New Species but she is not frightened. He turns her on and things heat up fast between them. Now, she just hopes he does not break her heart. Darkness admires Kat’s courage but he cannot trust anything she says...Categorized as:
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Psycho by Onley James
August Mulvaney has always been exceptional. As the genius son of an eccentric billionaire, his off-putting behavior is often blamed on his high IQ. They say there’s a thin line between genius and madness. August is both—a brilliant professor loved by his students and a ruthless, obsessive killer tasked with righting the wrongs of a failing justice system...Categorized as:
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Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Emperor needs necromancers.The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead nonsense.Tamsyn Muir’s Gideon the Ninth, first in The Locked Tomb Trilogy, unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as arcane revenants...Categorized as:
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Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
Magic has made the city of Tiran an industrial utopia, but magic has a cost—and the collectors have come calling.An orphan since the age of four, Sciona has always had more to prove than her fellow students. For twenty years, she has devoted every waking moment to the study of magic, fueled by a mad desire to achieve the impossible: to be the first woman ever admitted to the High Magistry... -
Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsMage-Craft—Though Vanyel has been born with near-legendary abilities to work both Herald and Mage magic, he wants no part of such things. Nor does he seek a warrior's path, wishing instead to become a Bard. Yet such talent as his if left untrained may prove a menace not only to Vanyel but to others as well...Categorized as:
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Gloam by Lily Mayne
When a strange woman shows up outside our camp in the Wastes with monsters chained up to her RV, it feels like I’m the only one who actually wants to help them.That big, grey-skinned monster with the cage on his head and the chain hanging from his back—something is telling me I need to help him. I need to free him...Categorized as:
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In The Afterlight by Alexandra Bracken
Ruby can't look back. Fractured by an unbearable loss, she and the kids who survived the government's attack on Los Angeles travel north to regroup. With them is a prisoner: Clancy Gray, son of the president, and one of the few people Ruby has encountered with abilities like hers. Only Ruby has any power over him, and just one slip could lead to Clancy wreaking havoc on their minds...Categorized as:
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Grey Sister by Mark Lawrence
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsSecond novel in the brilliant series from the bestselling author of Prince of Thorns.In Mystic Class Nona Grey begins to learn the secrets of the universe. But so often even the deepest truths just make our choices harder... -
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Kye by Nyssa Kathryn
Sometimes it’s in the depths of hell, that one finds their angel.Samantha Jacobs thought she was aiding her government. She believed the chip she created, the one that could change the world, would be used for the good of mankind. But it was all a lie…and she discovered the truth too late. Now, Samantha will suffer dearly for her mistake... -
Famine by Laura Thalassa
They came to earth--Pestilence, War, Famine, Death--four horsemen riding their screaming steeds, racing to the corners of the world. Four horsemen with the power to destroy all of humanity. They came to earth, and they came to end us all...Categorized as:
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Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop
For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community..Categorized as:
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Silence in the Shadows by Darcy Coates
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe stark world continues to change. Each passing day twists it further, pushing the surviving humans closer to the brink of extinction. But, for the first time, there is hope. Clare and Dorran have set their sights on returning home to Winterbourne Hall. It's a daunting journey, but vital... -
Princess Ballot by Jaymin Eve, Tate James
You have been chosen. Those four words change Violet Spencer’s whole life, when against staggering odds, she's selected in the "princess ballot." Arbon Academy is affectionately known as the school for Royals. Only the rich, powerful, or heir to a throne gain entry ... except for the one scholarship student accepted every five years... -
A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
Elias and Laia are running for their lives. After the events of the Fourth Trial, Martial soldiers hunt the two fugitives as they flee the city of Serra and undertake a perilous journey through the heart of the Empire. Laia is determined to break into Kauf—the Empire’s most secure and dangerous prison—to save her brother, who is the key to the Scholars’ survival...
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