A couple is called "high school sweethearts" for a reason, right? That's only how long a relationship lasts, up until high school. That's how it was for Charlotte Carson. She decided to move to the Big Apple for college and pursue her dream of becoming a famous wedding planner. Well, she's working on her fame at least. Now almost seven years has passed and a medical emergency forces Charlotte to move back home to the west coast. While living once again in the town she grew up in, she meets old friends and an old flame: Ethan Welden. Will they be able to rekindle their old relationship even with obstacles thrown in their way or did the fire already long burn out? [Highest Rankings: #137 in Teen Fiction; #664 in Romance]

Rule 1: Trust no one Rule 2: NEVER hesitate, especially when it comes to killing Rotters Rule 3: Trust no one Rule 4: Your survival backpack stays on you at all times Rule 5: Trust no one Rule 6: Always carry more than one gun Rule 7: Make sure your guns are loaded at all times Rule 8: TRUST NO ONE 18 year old Camille Fiero is a survivor. She's been on her own since she was 14 and does what she needs to do in order for her and her adopted 4 year old daughter to survive. Five years ago, there was a cataclysmic event called the Explosion, that left almost everyone on earth dead. A majority of those that didn't die turned into Rotters: zombie like, deaf, dumb, and slightly blind rotting blood-thirsters who use their advanced sense of smell and speed to hunt their prey: us. It's simple, see a Rotter, don't get bitten, shove a bullet in its brain, decapitate it, you live. Camille has been living a strict lifestyle, being forced to toughen up and harden herself to others. When fate forces her to cross paths with arrogant, tough, alluring Caiden Pierce, she finds herself trying harder than usual to keep up her tough façade. She's stuck grasping onto everything she knows about surviving when Caiden bulldozes his way into her life, and possibly even into her heart.