Ruins of Playa Azul Series by H.R. Savage

I was raised in a world full of more death than life, surrounded by the blood-curdling violence and nauseating stench of zombies. And twenty years after the Outbreak, it doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. After a devastating loss rocks my little group of survivors, I’m forced to venture out of my comfort zone in an attempt to find help—straight into the impenetrable walls of El Castillo... moreI was raised in a world full of more death than life, surrounded by the blood-curdling violence and nauseating stench of zombies. And twenty years after the Outbreak, it doesn’t seem to be changing any time soon. After a devastating loss rocks my little group of survivors, I’m forced to venture out of my comfort zone in an attempt to find help—straight into the impenetrable walls of El Castillo. But The Knights don’t take kindly to my mission, and when their leader, Gunner, captures me, everything spirals out of control. My captor suddenly becomes my ally as we’re thrust into a war of Gunner’s own making. A war that threatens not only his people, but my own. NOTE: True to an apocalyptic world, CAPTURED has dark scenes that may trigger some readers. However, it is not a Stockholm Syndrome Romance. less

We left our home in a blaze of fire…. Gunner and I clung to the hope that we were leading our group to safety. However, in the unfamiliar mountains we find something we weren't expecting--a hidden group of people…and someone I thought was dead. Creekside Camp offers the promise of new beginnings for our injured and hungry people, and Gunner and I are thrust into a new normal. The idea of an ordinary life with him hung in front of me like the proverbial carrot... moreWe left our home in a blaze of fire…. Gunner and I clung to the hope that we were leading our group to safety. However, in the unfamiliar mountains we find something we weren't expecting--a hidden group of people…and someone I thought was dead. Creekside Camp offers the promise of new beginnings for our injured and hungry people, and Gunner and I are thrust into a new normal. The idea of an ordinary life with him hung in front of me like the proverbial carrot. But secrets threaten to unravel our tentative happiness and we are suddenly confronted with threats from not only the dead--but the living as well. Will Gunner and I finally get a chance toward happiness? Or will the secrets compromise everything we've worked so hard for? NOTE: COMPROMISED is the second book in the Ruins of Playa Azul duet. You MUST read CAPTURED prior to understand the plot and characters. less