17 year old Safia lives in a poor, dingy, rundown neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York. She has low grades, her parents are never around, and her only company is her best friend, Cassie. But one fateful evening that all changes, while at home Safia hear screams, explosions, and fires are ignited. Something is spreading across New York and eventually across the whole American Continent.
Her parents and family probably dead, her home destroyed, there is only one option and there is only one safe place she can go. Along with Cassie, and some interesting hitchhikers.
With death, danger, crazy love, and hurt along the way they need to reach their destination. Full of action, romance, survival, there is only one to live through Love and Other Dieases
As Claire aims to leave her oppressive stepfamily behind, she befriends Zion. Will he be her ticket to freedom or a distraction in achieving her dreams?
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Claire Olsen has had a crush on Zion Petrakis since the first time she laid eyes on him, but he never noticed, instead only having eyes on the school's it girl, Maddie Jennings. Knowing she couldn't compete with Maddie, Claire hid her feelings for Zion, satisfied with admiring him from afar. However, when a series of events led Claire closer to Zion, her feelings for him grew from infatuation to love. And despite fighting hard to keep her feelings contained by distancing herself from Zion, he was determined to show her that he's earned a spot in her life.
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